Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tire Centers, LLC
Start: 1/2/2017

1 amputation · 2017010035 · 1/2/2017 · Tire Centers, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Impact wrenches-powered
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Tire Centers, LLC
Location: 4500 Exchange Avenue, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34102
NAICS: 441320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an air impact wrench to tighten lug nuts on the vehicle he was servicing. His glove got caught on the rotating spindle as he was tightening the lug nuts on the vehicle and the employee suffered an open fracture and amputation of his left little fingertip.

Source

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