Amputations

Name: Amputations at E. R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
Start: 12/12/2016

1 amputation · 20161211573 · 12/12/2016 · E. R. Snell Contractor, Inc.

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: Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: E. R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
Location: Crossing US 78. Between Washington and Lexington GA. Near Church Road and State Route 10 or US 78., LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, 30648
NAICS: 236210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was connecting a cable that had been looped around a pipe to hook the pipe onto an excavator bucket and lay it across the highway. As the excavator operator raised the boom, the employee's hand became caught between the cable and the hook, amputating his left index fingertip.

Source

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