Amputations

Name: Amputations at West Liberty Foods
Start: 1/16/2017

1 amputation · 2017010492 · 1/16/2017 · West Liberty Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Pallet jack-nonpowered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: West Liberty Foods
Location: 750 S. Schimdt Road, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60440
NAICS: 311613
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet of goods from one slot to another using a pallet jack when the employee's finger became caught between the pallet jack handle and fixed racking resulting in amputation.

Source

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