Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Kroger Company, Seven Diamond Causeway, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31406
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a receiving dock plate when his right little finger was caught in a hinge and the fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Loading docks, dock plates
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An employee stepped off his pallet jack when his gloves caught the jack handle throttle button, causing the jack to accelerate. The employee's left ankle was pinned between the pallet jack platform and an angle iron, resulting in injury.
An employee was walking when they lost their footing on metal plates that cover electrical and plumbing equipment and fell. The employee sustained three fractured ribs and they were hospitalized.
A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.
An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.
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An employee was installing a hydraulic extension cylinder in a tow truck when their leg was caught between the cylinder and the truck frame. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia, which required surgery.
An employee was sorting sucker rods. His right hand was caught in the area where the rod hits up against the frame and his index fingertip was amputated just below the nail.
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