Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, unspecified at BLACK ROOFING, INC
Start: 2/23/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021751 · 2/23/2017 · BLACK ROOFING, INC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified

Employer

Name: BLACK ROOFING, INC
Location: 6115 BEN PLACE, SUITE A, BOULDER, COLORADO, 80301
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading a pair of forks for craning onto a delivery truck. The pair of forks have a sliding mechanism that helps with loading and unloading. One of the forks slid towards the employee as he was loading the truck and his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated (no bone).

Source

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