Amputations

Name: Amputations at Thompson Tractor
Start: 10/29/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015108101 · 10/29/2015 · Thompson Tractor

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders

Employer

Name: Thompson Tractor
Location: 3550 Joe Mallisham Pkwy, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
NAICS: 423830
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was changing the track pads on a Caterpillar D6 and caught the left pinky finger between the track pad and the roller resulting in amputation of the left pinky finger at the first digit.

Source

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