Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cedar Haven Healthcare Center
Start: 8/31/2015

1 amputation · 2015086280 · 8/31/2015 · Cedar Haven Healthcare Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

Employer

Name: Cedar Haven Healthcare Center
Location: 590 South 5th Avenue, LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17042
NAICS: 621610
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee performing preventative maintenance was checking a roof vent. She removed the vent top and shut off the vent. Before the vent belt had stopped moving, her finger got pulled in between the pulley and belt. Her left pointer finger was amputated below the nail.

Source

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