Amputations

Name: Amputations at WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Start: 5/26/2016

1 amputation · 2016054662 · 5/26/2016 · WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
Secondary source: Structural stones or slabs, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Location: 2233 Tech Drive, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, 60208
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While assisting in material handling operations, an employee's finger was crushed between a skid steer fork and a concrete slab. The employee suffered a fingertip laceration resulting in amputation and fingernail loss.

Source

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