Amputations

Name: Amputations at BELLEFONTAIN CEMETERY
Start: 1/16/2018

1 amputation · 2018010489 · 1/16/2018 · BELLEFONTAIN CEMETERY

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Lawn mowers-riding

Employer

Name: BELLEFONTAIN CEMETERY
Location: 4947 West Florrisant Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63115
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a large lawn mower to hitch it to a tractor. His hand was on the mower's hitch when the mower moved, fracturing and partially amputating his left ring finger and cutting his middle finger. His ring and middle fingernails had to be surgically removed.

Source

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