Amputations

Name: Amputations at Refuse Materials, Inc.
Start: 3/1/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023031893 · 3/1/2023 · Refuse Materials, 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: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Shelves, shelving

Employer

Name: Refuse Materials, Inc.
Location: 1 Hilltop Plaza, KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA, 16201
NAICS: 238330
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to set up skates to move a gondola. The bar slipped off the rack and the gondola leg fell and crushed the employee's right index finger, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

Source

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