Amputations

Name: Amputations at URS Federal Technical Services
Start: 8/8/2016

1 amputation · 2016087377 · 8/8/2016 · URS Federal Technical Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: URS Federal Technical Services
Location: 2650 Louisiana Ave Bldg 4533 4386, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, 71459
NAICS: 811111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the shock absorber on a military truck when the replacement shock absorber shifted during installation and amputated 1/2 an inch of the employee's left index finger.

Source

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