Amputations

Name: Amputations at Weeks Marine, Inc.
Start: 2/2/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016021019 · 2/2/2016 · Weeks Marine, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Weeks Marine, Inc.
Location: 1000 CR 731, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
NAICS: 236210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to install a marine loading arm. As he stood near the base of the loading arm, the weight shifted and struck him, causing his right-hand index finger to be caught and amputated between the base of the loading arm and a piece of pipe.

Source

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