Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Womble Company
Start: 6/16/2015

1 amputation · 2015063714 · 6/16/2015 · The Womble Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Wood, lumber, unspecified
Secondary source: Boxes, crates, cartons

Employer

Name: The Womble Company
Location: Altus Air Force Base, ALTUS AFB, OKLAHOMA, 73523
NAICS: 423810
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to move aluminum tubing and frame-filled crates. The employee was signaling the operator when his left pinky got caught between the board and the crate. His left pinky fingertip was amputated, removing mostly skin and the fingernail.

Source

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