Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lapham-Hickey Steel
Start: 12/23/2015

1 amputation · 2015129863 · 12/23/2015 · Lapham-Hickey Steel

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Lapham-Hickey Steel
Location: 2585 W. 20th Ave., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54904
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading pallets onto a truck. The pallet hooks shifted and pinched the employee's finger between the pallet and the hook resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle fingertip.

Source

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