Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at DHL Supply Chain (USA)
Start: 4/1/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043057 · 4/1/2025 · DHL Supply Chain (USA)

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport
Source: Pallet jack riding
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: DHL Supply Chain (USA)
Location: 2020 North Polk Street, DESOTO, TEXAS, 75115
NAICS: 493190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was operating a center rider pallet jack with a scissor lift on the forks behind him. The employee had one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the lift. As he was driving, the pallet jack began lowering the scissor lift down unexpectedly, causing the lift to shift and catch the ring on his ring finger on a bolt on the scissor lift. The employee sustained an amputation of his left ring finger.

Source

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