Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Safety-Kleen Systems
Start: 1/9/2024

1 amputation · 2024010209 · 1/9/2024 · Safety-Kleen Systems

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment unspecified
Source: Trucks unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Safety-Kleen Systems
Location: 734 North West Bypass, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
NAICS: 562920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a powered lift gate on a truck. While the employee was attempting to untangle the chain, the chain caught their left thumb, which resulted in an amputation to the thumb tip.

Source

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