Amputations

Name: Amputations at HL Welding, INC
Start: 5/21/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015053092 · 5/21/2015 · HL Welding, 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: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Rope, twine, string

Employer

Name: HL Welding, INC
Location: 2798 East Harbor Drive, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92186
NAICS: 238190
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was lowering a fire hose off of the side of a ship using a rope when the rope became tangled around his index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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