Amputations

Name: Amputations at Airgas USA LLC
Start: 7/10/2017

1 amputation · 2017076332 · 7/10/2017 · Airgas USA LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Airgas USA LLC
Location: 150 55th Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11220
NAICS: 424720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a liquid nitrogen round cylinder onto a special delivery cart to hook the top of the cylinder into place when a cylinder moved and caught the employee's fingers between it and the cart. The employee's right third and fourth fingertips were amputated.

Source

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