Amputations

Name: Amputations at BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY
Start: 10/31/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171010409 · 10/31/2017 · BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Cement truck, concrete mixer truck

Employer

Name: BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY
Location: 180 New Rutherford Ave, CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02129
NAICS: 327320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the drum inside a cement truck's collection hopper when his hand was caught by the blade inside the drum. He suffered hand and finger injuries. The hopper was guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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