Amputations

Name: Amputations at Missouri Valley, Inc.
Start: 1/29/2018

1 amputation · 2018010947 · 1/29/2018 · Missouri Valley, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c
Secondary source: X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fluoroscope machinery and equipment

Employer

Name: Missouri Valley, Inc.
Location: US Highway 60 & FM2373, PANHANDLE, TEXAS, 79068
NAICS: 236210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to move an X-ray machine 4 inches away from the wall by sliding a skate underneath it when a board broke and the skate twisted, crushing his right middle finger between the skate and the machine. His right middle finger was amputated at the fingernail.

Source

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