Amputations

Name: Amputations at Progress Rail Servicess
Start: 6/6/2015

1 amputation · 2015063462 · 6/6/2015 · Progress Rail Servicess

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: Rails-unattached metal

Employer

Name: Progress Rail Servicess
Location: 2621 LIME ROAD, PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81006
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees in the rail welding area were backing up a conveyor to remove an overload caused by too many pieces of curved strands. The injured employee's hand got caught between two sections of rail, amputating some of the flesh on the right ring finger. There was no bone loss.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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