Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ring Power Corporation
Start: 5/26/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016054779 · 5/26/2016 · Ring Power Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Agricultural and garden machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Farm tractor

Employer

Name: Ring Power Corporation
Location: Deer Creek, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32092
NAICS: 532412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee along with his co-worker were lining a farm implement onto the farm tractor's hitch. As the farm implement was being aligned with the ball of the hitch, the employee's right pointer finger got caught between the implement and the ball of the hitch resulting in the amputation of his finger from the nail up. The employee was admitted to the hospital.

Source

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