Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southern Commercial Industries
Start: 8/27/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015086212 · 8/27/2015 · Southern Commercial Industries

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, n.e.c.
Source: Lawn mowers-riding

Employer

Name: Southern Commercial Industries
Location: 1600 S. ByPass 35, ALVIN, TEXAS, 77511
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to start the commercial riding lawn mower in the manual mode. While starting the mower, the employee's got caught in the pulleys. Half the index finger was amputated and the middle and ring fingers were amputated to the first joint.

Source

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