Amputations

Name: Amputations at Douglas Kuln, Inc.
Start: 11/1/2017

1 amputation · 20171110565 · 11/1/2017 · Douglas Kuln, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name: Douglas Kuln, Inc.
Location: 3310 14th Street NW, WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58078
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tensioning a cable between two posts when the tensioner released and the cable struck the employee's left ring finger, removing skin. The distal phalanx had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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