Amputations

Name: Amputations at TG Utility Company
Start: 10/25/2015

1 amputation · 2015107975 · 10/25/2015 · TG Utility Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name: TG Utility Company
Location: 925 Twin Springs Road, SE, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a metal flange on a 20-inch pipe and pinched a finger between the pipe and the metal flange while retrieving a nut that dropped between the pipe and flange. The right index fingertip was amputated.

Source

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