Amputations

Name: Amputations at UPS Customer Center
Start: 12/2/2022

1 amputation · 20221210529 · 12/2/2022 · UPS Customer Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Girders, beams, structural steel

Employer

Name: UPS Customer Center
Location: 3300 Airport Drive, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
NAICS: 492210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was pushing an air container with another employee in the ball mat area. The air container hit the stop plate, causing the container to shift and crush the injured employee's left ring finger against a metal support beam. The finger was amputated.

Source

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