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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015052718 · 5/8/2015 · CATERPILLAR, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered

Employer

Name
CATERPILLAR, INC.
Location
501 Cardinal Drive, CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, 38834
NAICS
811310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was resting his left hand on the edge of a roll-over fixture as he used a 2.5-pound "dead-blow hammer" with his right hand to level a cylinder head on the fixture in the salvage drill bed. When he raised the hammer, it struck something above and deflected down onto his left middle finger. He sustained a partial fingertip amputation, losing his fingernail and fleshy fingertip; there was no bone damage.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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