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Amputations involving bone loss
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024032039 · 3/5/2024 · RK Holdings, LLP
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Thumb(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations involving bone loss
Cause
- Event
- Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- Source
- Exterior vehicle and machine parts n.e.c.
- Secondary source
- Pallet jack riding
Employer
- Name
- RK Holdings, LLP
- Location
- 1205 West Second Street, WAVERLY, OHIO, 45690
- NAICS
- 493190
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was repairing an electric pallet jack when a metal cover came down and crushed their hand, resulting in amputation of their right thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown