Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at UPS
Start: 12/17/2024

1 amputation · 20241211654 · 12/17/2024 · UPS

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 running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: UPS
Location: 1155 Enterprise Road, EAST PETERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17520
NAICS: 492210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was straightening a jammed box on a package handling conveyor when his fingertip was caught between the conveyor and a T-plate, resulting in an amputation.

Source

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