Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at Siemens Generation Services
Start: 6/26/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065838 · 6/26/2017 · Siemens Generation Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Engines, turbines, except vehicle

Employer

Name: Siemens Generation Services
Location: Hiram Clarke Power Plant, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77045
NAICS: 811310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a gas turbine inter-stage seal ring. He was hand tightening a bolt when a coworker moved the seal ring by contacting a chain fall, causing the seal ring's sharp edge to contact and de-glove the employee's right index fingertip on the pad side.

Source

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