Amputations

Name: Amputations at HTH Company
Start: 11/25/2015

1 amputation · 2015118938 · 11/25/2015 · HTH Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source: Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: HTH Company
Location: 2200 East Eldorado, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62521
NAICS: 238290
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee received a distal amputation of his left middle finger while transporting a cart loaded with scaffolding. The rolling cart shifted and the employee's hand was pinched between the cart handle and an I-beam.

Source

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