Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
Start: 11/13/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110593 · 11/13/2024 · Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Vehicle and machine attachments n.e.c.
Secondary source: Vehicle hitches

Employer

Name: Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
Location: 1475 Perimeter Road Ste A, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33406
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was connecting dollies loaded with unit load devices (ULDs) and crushed his left ring finger between a dolly tongue and the hitch of another dolly, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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