Amputations

Name: Amputations at WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Start: 7/14/2015

1 amputation · 2015074634 · 7/14/2015 · WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers

Employer

Name: WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Location: I-15 @ MP 24-25, DOWNEY, IDAHO, 83234
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with a rotomill machine on the ground checking asphalt depth. The employee used his foot instead of the air wand to remove excess. He caught his foot in the rotomill track injuring the right big toe. A physician amputated bone to close the wound.

Source

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