Amputations

Name: Amputations at HILL AIR FORCE BASE
Start: 12/1/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015129037 · 12/1/2015 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Garage doors

Employer

Name: HILL AIR FORCE BASE
Location: Bldg 269, Hill AFB, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, 84056
NAICS: 928110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was servicing an internal hangar door when it traveled beyond its limit point. His hand got trapped between the hangar door and a hose reel assembly on the adjacent wall and was crushed. His left ring finger was amputated.

Source

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