Amputations

Name: Amputations at NAVAIR Lakehurst
Start: 12/8/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171211659 · 12/8/2017 · NAVAIR Lakehurst

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: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: NAVAIR Lakehurst
Location: NAVAIR Test Track, LAKEHURST NAEC, NEW JERSEY, 08733
NAICS: 541380
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a load from a powered industrial vehicle when the employee's right pinky finger became pinched between the vehicle and a connection bar, crushing and amputating the fingertip.

Source

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