Amputations

Name: Amputations at Rockford Pipeline Corporation
Start: 1/27/2017

1 amputation · 2017010853 · 1/27/2017 · Rockford Pipeline Corporation

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: Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Clamps, couplings

Employer

Name: Rockford Pipeline Corporation
Location: Roy Rd. and Access Rd. 11, MASCOTTE, FLORIDA, 34753
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lining up pipes to be connected when the clamp that holds the pipes together broke and the employee's left index finger was caught in the lifting chains amputating it at the first knuckle.

Source

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