Amputations

Name: Amputations at Alpha Chemical Services, Inc.
Start: 7/17/2015

1 amputation · 2015074768 · 7/17/2015 · Alpha Chemical Services, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
Secondary source: Powered industrial carrier

Employer

Name: Alpha Chemical Services, Inc.
Location: 46 Morton Street, STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02072
NAICS: 325611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker upright a 55-gallon drum full of liquid with the forks of a powered industrial truck. The drum fell, and the employee's hand got caught underneath it. He was hospitalized and had his left middle fingertip amputated.

Source

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