Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at LRS
Start: 4/30/2025

1 amputation · 2025044054 · 4/30/2025 · LRS

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

Employer

Name: LRS
Location: 69 Turnage Lane, HATTIEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72063
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were working with a rear-end truck and servicing a dumpster. The dumpster was lifted up and shifted to the right. When the dumpster was coming down, the injured employee's left index finger was caught between a lever and the dumpster. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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