Amputations

Name: Amputations at FedEx DFW Airport
Start: 5/4/2023

1 amputation · 2023054027 · 5/4/2023 · FedEx DFW Airport

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: FedEx DFW Airport
Location: 3001 North Airfield Dr, IRVING, TEXAS, 75063
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a co-worker were moving a container onto a loader using a transport dolly when the employee's left index finger was pinched between the container and a lock, resulting in amputation.

Source

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