Amputations

Name: Amputations at Big Lots Stores
Start: 9/1/2022

1 amputation · 2022097822 · 9/1/2022 · Big Lots Stores

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Big Lots Stores
Location: 3125 W Broadway, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
NAICS: 453998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assisting with unloading boxes from a truck. The employee put a box on the conveyor when she lost her balance and her little finger got caught in the conveyor as she was trying to balance herself, resulting in an amputation between the second and third joint.

Source

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