Amputations

Name: Amputations at Murphy Hoffman Company
Start: 2/1/2017

1 amputation · 2017021022 · 2/1/2017 · Murphy Hoffman Company

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: Jacks
Secondary source: Transmission-vehicle

Employer

Name: Murphy Hoffman Company
Location: 8660 I-70 Drive, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65201
NAICS: 423110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing the transmission in a one-ton truck using a jack. The transmission shifted and the employee's third finger on the right hand was crushed between the transmission and the jack resulting in a partial amputation of the finger above the first knuckle.

Source

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