Amputations

Name: Amputations at GA Foods
Start: 1/16/2018

1 amputation · 2018010497 · 1/16/2018 · GA Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
Source: Doors, except garage and vehicle
Secondary source: High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name: GA Foods
Location: 5100 Ararat Dr, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64129
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading his delivery truck when a 20- to 25-mile-per-hour wind gust blew the door he was entering shut on his left ring finger, smashing it. His fingertip was amputated.

Source

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