Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hoerbiger Service, Inc.
Start: 4/19/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016043574 · 4/19/2016 · Hoerbiger Service, 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: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Valves, nozzles
Secondary source: Metal chips, particles

Employer

Name: Hoerbiger Service, Inc.
Location: 12204 West Fairmont Parkway, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
NAICS: 332911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 4-19-16, an employee suffered the amputation of the distal tip of the left index finger. The tip was reattached and there was no bone separation. The injured worker placed his hand inside of a valve port to move metal shavings out of the way so that he would not damage the finish cut of a compressor. The injured worker is not sure if the shavings cut his finger or if it was the rotation of the bore mill machine that cut his finger.

Source

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