Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 9/12/2021

1 amputation · 2021097836 · 9/12/2021 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 850 Twin Rivers Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43216
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing a belt on a machine as part of preventive maintenance. He put the machine in "Test" mode to make an adjustment to one of the sprockets. A chain caught the employee's left thumb and pulled it into a sprocket, causing an amputation of 2 cm. of the thumb.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown