Amputations

Name: Amputations at Underground Solutions, Inc
Start: 9/30/2015

1 amputation · 2015097201 · 9/30/2015 · Underground Solutions, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
Secondary source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Underground Solutions, Inc
Location: 429 Steigerwalt Hollow Road, NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17070
NAICS: 423390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading pipe into a fusion machine when the pipe became crooked. The employee tried to remove the pipe by lifting it with a coworker. His right pinky and ring fingers got caught between the pipe, amputating his fingertips.

Source

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