Amputations

Name: Amputations at Henderson, Inc.
Start: 10/28/2016

1 amputation · 20161010143 · 10/28/2016 · Henderson, 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 discharged object or substance
Source: Container caps, lids, covers
Secondary source: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing

Employer

Name: Henderson, Inc.
Location: Camp Peary, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, 23188
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was capping an 8 inch PVC water line. Backpressure built up in the line from a leaking valve and blew the cap off resulting in amputation of the employee's left pinky finger and a partial amputation of the left ring finger.

Source

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