Amputations

Name: Amputations at Walmart Neighborhood Market
Start: 1/4/2023

1 amputation · 2023010093 · 1/4/2023 · Walmart Neighborhood Market

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Walmart Neighborhood Market
Location: 401 East Sheridan Street, DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33004
NAICS: 452210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing an electric pallet jack from under a pallet when her left ring finger got caught between the handle of the pallet jack and a metal beam, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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