Amputations

Name: Amputations at Crothall Health Care Services
Start: 3/17/2017

1 amputation · 2017032910 · 3/17/2017 · Crothall Health Care Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Fire extinguishers
Secondary source: Walls

Employer

Name: Crothall Health Care Services
Location: 1200 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
NAICS: 623110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was bending to pick up a broom that was laying on the floor against the wall in the linen department when a fire extinguisher fell off the wall and landed on his right thumb. His thumb was amputated from just below the thumbnail up.

Source

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