Amputations

Name: Amputations at Universal Studios
Start: 3/14/2015

1 amputation · 2015031195 · 3/14/2015 · Universal Studios

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: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Universal Studios
Location: 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32819
NAICS: 713110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee collecting trash containers at the facility suffered a finger amputation when his hand got caught between a hitch and a toe bar behind a tractor. The tractor moved forward and amputated a finger. The tractor was parked in neutral gear at the time of the incident.

Source

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