Amputations

Name: Amputations at East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC
Start: 10/12/2016

1 amputation · 2016109645 · 10/12/2016 · East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC

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: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC
Location: 3400 Shipwright Street, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23703
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee conducted a pull test on deck tie downs. He then went to move the test unit to dislodge the hook and the swivel nut and all thread shaft shifted catching the employee's right middle fingertip between the test unit foundation and swivel nut. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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