Amputations

Name: Amputations at United Infrastructure Group, Inc.
Start: 2/25/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015020776 · 2/25/2015 · United Infrastructure Group, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: United Infrastructure Group, Inc.
Location: State Road 415 & St. Johns Bridge, OSTEEN, FLORIDA, 32764
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee used the running line that was attached to the hook of a crane to pull himself up. The left tip of his middle finger and half of his ring finger got caught between pinch points (the rope and pulley), resulting in an amputation.

Source

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