Amputations

Name: Amputations at Paradigm Metals Incorporated
Start: 8/22/2017

1 amputation · 2017088092 · 8/22/2017 · Paradigm Metals Incorporated

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: Structural metal materials, unspecified
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Paradigm Metals Incorporated
Location: 15811 Vision Drive, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker were moving a metal cart that had metal pieces loaded on it when the employee's right thumb was caught between the cart edge and a metal piece. When the employee pulled his hand out, his right thumb was amputated (with bone loss) from the nail upwards.

Source

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