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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016076535 · 7/19/2016 · County Environmental Company

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
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
County Environmental Company
Location
McKean High School, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19808
NAICS
562910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and his supervisor were carrying a boiler part (weighing approximately 110 to 120 pounds) in tandem and placing it atop a pile. The employee was wearing Kevlar Gloves covered with rubber gloves (i.e.; two layers of gloves). The employee was helping to stabilize the boiler part on top of another part already stacked in the pile. The part the employee was adjusting shifted and the employee's left index finger was pinched between two parts. The employee tried to pull his finger out of the pinch point, and suffered a fingertip amputation with the loss of some bone.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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