Amputations

Name: Amputations at HILL AIR FORCE BASE
Start: 10/23/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171010153 · 10/23/2017 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE

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: Aircraft unspecified

Employer

Name: HILL AIR FORCE BASE
Location: Building 233, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, 84056
NAICS: 928110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an aircraft's main landing gear. He removed a pin from the drag brace on the main landing gear and placed his thumb in the hole that the pin was in. The drag brace then shifted, amputating his right thumb tip just above the first knuckle.

Source

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