Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Action Carting Environmental Services Inc.
Start: 4/18/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043616 · 4/18/2025 · Action Carting Environmental Services Inc.

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: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Garbage trucks
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Action Carting Environmental Services Inc.
Location: 635 Gateway Drive, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11239
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a 2-yard container to dump it into a truck when the container shifted and crushed the employee's left hand against the side of the truck, resulting in an open fracture and dislocation that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation of the little finger.

Source

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