Amputations

Name: Amputations at DPR Construction
Start: 6/9/2015

1 amputation · 2015063518 · 6/9/2015 · DPR Construction

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
Source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: DPR Construction
Location: 12301 Research Blvd., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78759
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to lift a slurry tank to move with a pallet jack. The tank rolled catching the employee's right middle finger between the slurry tank cribbing and the asphalt ground resulting in an amputation to at least the first knuckle.

Source

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