Amputations

Name: Amputations at Colt Builders Corp.
Start: 3/5/2018

1 amputation · 2018032180 · 3/5/2018 · Colt Builders Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock

Employer

Name: Colt Builders Corp.
Location: 30 Beard Sawmill Road, SHELTON, CONNECTICUT, 06484
NAICS: 238130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and three other coworkers were setting a wall panel down on the floor. As the wall was lowered, the employee's finger was caught between the wall and his steel-toed boot. He sustained a traumatic amputation of the tuft of the left third digit.

Source

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