Amputations

Name: Amputations at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Start: 3/20/2015

1 amputation · 2015031348 · 3/20/2015 · Parsons Brinckerhoff

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Fences, fence panels, gates, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Parsons Brinckerhoff
Location: 165 Grand Bayou St., BELLE ROSE, LOUISIANA, 70341
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was opening an electric gate. He rested his hand on the top of the gate while taking the slack out of a chain on the gate with his foot. His hand was on a roller on the gate, and his finger got caught between the roller and the top rail on the gate. His left pinky finger was partially amputated.

Source

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