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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022109154 · 10/19/2022 · Environmental Works Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source
Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
Secondary source
Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified

Employer

Name
Environmental Works Inc
Location
7000 Douglas Ave., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66106
NAICS
541620
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving product inside a gondola railcar with a walk-behind skid loader. The employee's left thumb was crushed between the loader and the railcar wall; the employee was hospitalized, and the thumb was medically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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