Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at ZA Construction,LLC
Start: 2/20/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024021581 · 2/20/2024 · ZA Construction,LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: ZA Construction,LLC
Location: 1071 Cato Road, MENDENHALL, MISSISSIPPI, 39114
NAICS: 482112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a forklift from a trailer when the lift fell sideways onto the ground and pinned his right leg underneath it. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and other injury to his lower right leg that caused an amputation below the knee.

Source

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