Amputations

Name: Amputations at FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX - VICTORVILLE
Start: 7/16/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015074752 · 7/16/2015 · FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX - VICTORVILLE

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

Employer

Name: FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX - VICTORVILLE
Location: 13777 AIR EXPRESSWAY BLVD., VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 92394
NAICS: 922140
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee inside the penitentiary was greasing the motor on an air handling fan. His fingers got caught between a pulley and belt, resulting in three-quarter fingertip amputation and small lacerations to his other fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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