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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022043471 · 4/21/2022 · Benestar Brands, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Skids, pallets
Secondary source
Pallet jack-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Benestar Brands, LLC
Location
4118 South Halsted Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
NAICS
311919
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a stack of pallets into a trailer using an unpowered pallet jack. There were two stacks, side by side, in the trailer. The right stack had three pallets on top that were not perfectly aligned with the rest of the stack. As the employee was pushing the left stack into position next to the right stack, the three pallets on the right stack caused the top three pallets on the left stack to tip over. The employee suffered a half-inch soft tissue amputation to the right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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