Amputations

Name: Amputations at CED Baton Rouge
Start: 9/19/2023

1 amputation · 2023098659 · 9/19/2023 · CED Baton Rouge

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: CED Baton Rouge
Location: 10103 Industriplex Avenue, GONZALES, LOUISIANA, 70737
NAICS: 423610
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the forks on a forklift. His right middle fingertip was caught in the forks, resulting in a crush injury that required surgical amputation of 3 millimeters of the finger.

Source

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