Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Boeing Distribution Services, Inc.
Start: 2/13/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024021373 · 2/13/2024 · Boeing Distribution Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies

Employer

Name: Boeing Distribution Services, Inc.
Location: 1 Stewart Avenue, RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 19078
NAICS: 488999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading a cart. The cart fell over and the employee's hand went under the dock leveler crushing their little finger. The finger was medically amputated at the hospital.

Source

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