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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016087980 · 8/24/2016 · Northeast Contractors, Inc

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
Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary source
Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Northeast Contractors, Inc
Location
Pratt & Whitney Headquarters Project, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06108
NAICS
238990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An excavator was lifting a compactor out of an excavation. The cable that was used to lift the compactor slipped and an employee was repositioning the cable when his finger was caught between the cable and the compactor resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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