Amputations

Name: Amputations at SGS North America
Start: 6/18/2016

1 amputation · 2016065428 · 6/18/2016 · SGS North America

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral

Employer

Name: SGS North America
Location: SGS North America, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
NAICS: 541380
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a lid to a machine when he tried to quickly remove a tool that had been left inside the machine. The lid then smashed two of his fingers on his left hand. His middle and ring fingertips were surgically amputated.

Source

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