Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Pictsweet Company
Start: 12/10/2021

1 amputation · 20211210623 · 12/10/2021 · The Pictsweet Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Boxes, crates, cartons

Employer

Name: The Pictsweet Company
Location: 509 Taylor Road, CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
NAICS: 311411
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reaching under a 1,000-pound plastic tote, being lifted by a forklift, to retrieve a loose potato. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught between the bottom of the tote and the forklift's forks. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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