Struck by other falling object n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Albertsons Companies, Inc., 1219 South Broadway Ave, BOISE, IDAHO 83706
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
Three bakery mixer bowls were stacked on a rolling transportation cart next to bags of flour, adjacent to a starter fermenter. An employee was moving bags of flour. Needing to move the bowls, the employee moved the cart. The bowls tumbled off the cart and bounced off the floor. While the employee was trying to stop the bowls from rolling, his right ring fingertip was crushed between two of them. He suffered a contusion and amputation to the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Dishes, small receptacles n.e.c.
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