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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017032376 · 3/15/2017 · United Launch Alliance

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name
United Launch Alliance
Location
16255 Phillips Pkwy., CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
NAICS
336411
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was assisting other employees to raise a tower. When he placed his hand on a cable to provide tension on it to aide in the operation, his right hand contacted a pulley and sustained a partial amputation of the pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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