Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mears Construction, LLC
Start: 9/25/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015097112 · 9/25/2015 · Mears Construction, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Excavating machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Mears Construction, LLC
Location: Unkown (On roadway), MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33101
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee fractured and amputated the his left thumb tip when it was caught between the blade of an excavator and a steel chain while attempting to secure the excavator to a trailer.

Source

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