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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015021311 · 2/10/2015 · Pacific Tank Cleaning Services Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
Secondary source
Ladders-fixed

Employer

Name
Pacific Tank Cleaning Services Inc
Location
NB San Diego USS Harper Ferry, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92170
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

The injured worker was leaving the engine room and going up the ship's ladder carrying a small Shop-Vac. He was six to eight rungs above the deck when he fell (approximately 6 feet). While falling, he caught his finger between the vacuum and some metal part of the ship. He sustained a right middle finger avulsion (amputation) injury from the first knuckle through the nail, as well as a right index finger 90% avulsion (amputation) injury (estimated first knuckle).

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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