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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017010401 · 1/13/2017 · Metro Machine Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
Source
Water vehicle, unspecified
Secondary source
Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Metro Machine Corporation
Location
200 Ligon Street, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was moving a steel ventilation louver with a chain fall attached to a crane hook. The louver was then transferred to a chain fall attached to the ship. The louver was then lowered into position. The lover was sitting on the lip of the foundation and held back with another chain fall attached to the ship to prevent crushing the ship's signal box. The louver was disconnected from the crane hook to move into position. While the employee was repositioning the louver to a second chain fall, it slipped off the foundation and fell on the employee's right foot. The employee's toe was amputated while in the hospital.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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