Amputations

Name: Amputations at GERKE EXCAVATING, INCORPORATED
Start: 1/26/2015

1 amputation · 2015010820 · 1/26/2015 · GERKE EXCAVATING, 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: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Source: Catwalks

Employer

Name: GERKE EXCAVATING, INCORPORATED
Location: 23 Harrison St, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54615
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee received a crushing injury to the right-hand thumb when the collapsible railing on a crusher plant's catwalk vibrated loose and pinned his thumb between the railing and catwalk. The thumb was partially severed and the bone broke. His thumb was later amputated at Rochester Mayo Clinic because blood flow to the thumb could not be re-established.

Source

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