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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017021475 · 2/14/2017 · Interior Specialists,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
Beams-unattached metal
Secondary source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Interior Specialists,Inc.
Location
Jim Moran Institute, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32301
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker lower and position a steel beam onto a rolling cart when his right middle finger was caught between the steel beam and the rolling cart, amputating his fingertip at the nailbed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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