Amputations

Name: Amputations at Dean Word Company
Start: 6/13/2016

1 amputation · 2016065229 · 6/13/2016 · Dean Word 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: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Machine platforms

Employer

Name: Dean Word Company
Location: Hwy 16, south of Poteet, POTEET, TEXAS, 78065
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was descending some stairs from a platform when he lost his footing, put his arms out to break his fall, and caught his pinky fingers on both hands in the "V" formed by the railing. Both pinky fingers were amputated.

Source

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