Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
Start: 7/9/2025

1 amputation · 2025076637 · 7/9/2025 · CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Tables, desks, work surfaces
Secondary source: Non-riding pallet jack

Employer

Name: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
Location: 3740 N Austin St, SEGUIN, TEXAS, 78155
NAICS: 334413
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee positioned a pallet jack under a mobile TV stand to lift the stand and then clean the wheels. As the employee raised the pallet jack, the TV stand fell forward toward the handle of the pallet jack. The employee went to catch the TV stand and their right thumb became caught between the TV mount frame and the pallet jack, resulting in amputation.

Source

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