Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Turner Dairy Farms
Start: 11/29/2024

1 amputation · 20241111047 · 11/29/2024 · Turner Dairy Farms

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Trucks unspecified
Secondary source: Ice, sleet, snow, hail

Employer

Name: Turner Dairy Farms
Location: 1049 Jefferson Road, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15235
NAICS: 311511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was opening a frozen lift gate and using his right hand to control the gate with his left hand on the gate. The fingers on his left hand were pinched by the lift gate, resulting in amputations to all four fingers from the nail bed up.

Source

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