Amputations

Name: Amputations at DHL Supply Chain
Start: 10/26/2023

1 amputation · 2023109915 · 10/26/2023 · DHL Supply Chain

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: DHL Supply Chain
Location: 9703 Hwy. 225, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was transferring plastic pellets to a hopper. The valve shifted while the employee's hand was in the flow tube resulting in an amputation to the pad of the left middle finger.

Source

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