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Amputations

1 amputation · 20211210991 · 12/22/2021 · MPW Industrial Services, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
MPW Industrial Services, Inc.
Location
500 West St Bernard Highway, CHALMETTE, LOUISIANA, 70043
NAICS
562998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading and unloading cartridges with a forklift. While disengaging the hopper, his left hand slipped and was crushed by the hopper, resulting in a laceration to his left third digit and an amputation to the tip of his left second digit.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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