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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
1 amputation · 2024065378 · 6/18/2024 · U. S. Post Office
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 door, gate, window
- Source
- Straight trucks, box trucks
- Secondary source
- Doors, hatches vehicle and machine cabin
Employer
- Name
- U. S. Post Office
- Location
- 102 Delaware Ave., CATASAUQUA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18032
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While an employee was exiting a vehicle to deliver mail, the sliding door closed on their middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown