Amputations

Name: Amputations at INTERPHASE ELECTRIC CORP.
Start: 6/21/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016065517 · 6/21/2016 · INTERPHASE ELECTRIC CORP.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name: INTERPHASE ELECTRIC CORP.
Location: 423 East 23rd Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10010
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to move a scaffold when it collapsed. The cross member detached from the scaffold and the employee's right hand was caught between the crossbars, amputating the pinky and ring fingertips.

Source

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