Southern Glazer's Wine and Spriits

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Southern Glazer's Wine and Spriits in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Employer Southern Glazer's Wine and Spriits Report ID 2020021631
Address 6201 Stillwell Street City, State ZIP KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64120
Event Date February 19, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c
Secondary Source Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Industry (NAICS) 424820 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.14000, -94.50000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a mobile trash tote to take garbage to the dumpster. The employee was propping the mobile tote between the dock and the dumpster when the mobile tote began to slip and caught the employee's left middle finger between the tote and the dumpster. As a result, the employee's left middle finger was partially amputated.

Incident Summary

On February 19, 2020, a worker at Southern Glazer's Wine and Spriits in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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