Amputations

Name: Amputations at Delaware Valley Concrete
Start: 9/25/2017

1 amputation · 2017099192 · 9/25/2017 · Delaware Valley Concrete

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: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
Secondary source: Jacks

Employer

Name: Delaware Valley Concrete
Location: 248 East County Line Rd, HATBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19040
NAICS: 327320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working underneath a truck, installing a flat spring, when the jack failed. The employee's left index fingertip was then pinched and amputated in the flat spring.

Source

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