Amputations

Name: Amputations at Thompson Tractor Co.
Start: 10/13/2017

1 amputation · 2017109859 · 10/13/2017 · Thompson Tractor Co.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Backhoes, trackhoes

Employer

Name: Thompson Tractor Co.
Location: Escambia County Solid Waste, CANTONMENT, FLORIDA, 32533
NAICS: 532490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was wearing gloves while replacing a track tensioner on an excavator when his right hand was caught between the machine's track adjuster and the metal tracks, amputating his middle fingertip without bone loss.

Source

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