Amputations

Name: Amputations at Port Contractors, Inc.
Start: 3/28/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016032609 · 3/28/2016 · Port Contractors, Inc.

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: Drilling machines, drilling augers

Employer

Name: Port Contractors, Inc.
Location: Tipping Building, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
NAICS: 488320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing out residual materials on a screw auger when his finger contacted the screw component that was turning inside the auger, amputating one-third to one-half of his right middle finger and severely cutting his right index fingertip.

Source

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