Amputations

Name: Amputations at Performance Contractors, Inc.
Start: 5/11/2016

1 amputation · 2016054050 · 5/11/2016 · Performance Contractors, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name: Performance Contractors, Inc.
Location: 13822 Hatcherville Road, MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS, 77580
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was grinding on a structural handrail for a work platform with a grating floor. The employee lost control of the grinder, which lacerated and fractured his left index finger. His left index fingertip was surgically amputated.

Source

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