Amputations

Name: Amputations at Quality Carriers, Inc.
Start: 8/3/2016

1 amputation · 2016087146 · 8/3/2016 · Quality Carriers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Quality Carriers, Inc.
Location: 12112 Wilmot Road, BRISTOL, WISCONSIN, 53104
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic grease gun to grease a trailer chassis when the gun began to malfunction. As he lifted the unit attached to the grease drum to troubleshoot the problem, his left hand slid. The moving piston then amputated his pinky fingertip between the first and second knuckle.

Source

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