Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mammoet USA South, Inc.
Start: 6/16/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017065552 · 6/16/2017 · Mammoet USA South, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Concrete parking blocks and barriers

Employer

Name: Mammoet USA South, Inc.
Location: 1001 Navigation Blvd, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a self propelled modular transport trailer that had a load and was walking backward when he was caught between the edge of a jersey barrier and the power pack of the trailer. His right leg was crushed below the knee and had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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