Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
Start: 10/16/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021108924 · 10/16/2021 · Tropical Shipping USA, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
Location: Port of Palm Beach 5 East 11th St, RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
NAICS: 483111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working from the ground, helping as a crane placed cargo loaded on flat racks onto a road chassis. As the employee moved to place a connecting pin, a flat rack shifted and crushed his right index finger. Half of the finger was amputated.

Source

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