Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
Start: 10/25/2016

1 amputation · 20161010035 · 10/25/2016 · Nitterhouse Concrete Products, 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: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
Location: 2655 Molly Pitcher Highway South, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
NAICS: 327390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On October 25, 2016, at 7:10 a.m., an employee was disassembling a load of precast concrete hollow core planks and tried to remove the stacking block before the plank had cleared the stack. The plank broke and amputated the tip and fingernail of his left index finger. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Source

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