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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017065295 · 6/9/2017 · R.H. WHITE CONSTRUCTION

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source
Curbs

Employer

Name
R.H. WHITE CONSTRUCTION
Location
787 East Street., LUDLOW, MASSACHUSETTS, 01056
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was inserting a plastic sleeve for some pipe to go through a granite curb stone. He was attempting to straighten the pipe when his left middle finger was caught between the pipe and the granite curb stone, amputating the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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