Amputations

Name: Amputations at USC-Kings, LLC
Start: 9/21/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017099090 · 9/21/2017 · USC-Kings, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: USC-Kings, LLC
Location: 280 Henry St, INWOOD, NEW YORK, 11096
NAICS: 327320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was hooking a metal chain to a loader bucket when the loader operator began to lift the load. The employee's right thumb tip was then amputated by the chain.

Source

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