Amputations

Name: Amputations at Waste Management of New Hampshire
Start: 10/27/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015108044 · 10/27/2015 · Waste Management of New Hampshire

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Sheet metal

Employer

Name: Waste Management of New Hampshire
Location: 214 Rochester Neck Road, ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03839
NAICS: 562998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of sheet steel (estimated weight of 40-50 lbs.) into place to be secured to a metal frame, when it started to slide. The employee's hand was struck by the sheet steel resulting in the amputation of the right pinky fingertip.

Source

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