Amputations

Name: Amputations at US Postal Service
Start: 1/23/2022

1 amputation · 2022010680 · 1/23/2022 · US Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Packages, parcels
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: US Postal Service
Location: 1001 E. Sunset Road, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 89199
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

At 11:40 p.m. on January 23, 2022, an employee was sorting parcels at a mail sorting machine. A large package came through the machine and landed on the employee's right hand, amputating the ring fingertip.

Source

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