Amputations

Name: Amputations at US Boiler Company Incorporated
Start: 1/6/2015

1 amputation · 2015010157 · 1/6/2015 · US Boiler Company Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: US Boiler Company Incorporated
Location: 2920 Old Tree Drive, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
NAICS: 332410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was installing block on a V8 line. The employee had been using a lifting chain and shipping nipple to place a V13 block on a shipping skid. The employee's hand got caught between the lifting chain and shipping nipple when the weight shifted and the chain slipped. The tip of the employee's left ring finger was amputated between the end and the first knuckle and the left middle finger was fractured.

Source

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