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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016109454 · 10/6/2016 · Tennessee Valley Authority

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Tennessee Valley Authority
Location
815 Cumberland City Road, CUMBERLAND CITY, TENNESSEE, 37050
NAICS
221112
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of pipe on a cart when it shifted and crushed his right-hand middle and index fingers, fracturing both. The index finger above the first knuckle had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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