Amputations

Name: Amputations at Western Sugar Cooperative
Start: 8/1/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087307 · 8/1/2017 · Western Sugar Cooperative

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: Western Sugar Cooperative
Location: 18317 CO-144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
NAICS: 311314
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a 16-inch butterfly valve weighing approximately 240 pounds. The employee lifted the valve from the saw horses and went to set it on the ground. A finger on his right hand was pinched between the valve and the floor, and was partially amputated.

Source

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