Amputations

Name: Amputations at KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
Start: 10/18/2016

1 amputation · 2016109803 · 10/18/2016 · KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Trailers
Secondary source: Backhoes, trackhoes

Employer

Name: KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
Location: Intersection of Calumet Ave and 27th St., SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53083
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was attempting to couple a pipe trailer to a hitch on a backhoe and got a finger caught between the coupler on the trailer and the receiver on the backhoe after lifting it to connect the two. The right index finger was amputated.

Source

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