Amputations

Name: Amputations at Defoe Corporation
Start: 9/14/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015099913 · 9/14/2015 · Defoe Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
Source: Backhoes, trackhoes

Employer

Name: Defoe Corporation
Location: Route 21 SB Viaduct and Chester Avenue Bridges, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07104
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking between a barrier (parapet) wall and a rubber track excavator when the excavator struck his right lower leg and ankle, nearly severing his right foot. His right foot was surgically amputated, and his left foot was fractured.

Source

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