Amputations

Name: Amputations at United Launch Alliance, LLC.
Start: 7/28/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015075151 · 7/28/2015 · United Launch Alliance, LLC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Airplane-propeller-driven or piston engine

Employer

Name: United Launch Alliance, LLC.
Location: Space Launch Complex 37, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
NAICS: 481212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was connecting a pneumatic-charged hose to a piston assembly when the piston started operating. His left-hand little finger was amputated near the first digit and his ring finger was amputated near the second digit. He was hospitalized.

Source

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