Amputations

Name: Amputations at Applied Machinery Corporation
Start: 3/6/2018

1 amputation · 2018032255 · 3/6/2018 · Applied Machinery Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name: Applied Machinery Corporation
Location: 7705 Fry Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was descending the ladder of a scaffold when he stepped off the ladder too early. Attempting to catch himself, he grabbed for the ladder and his ring was caught, tearing the skin on his left ring finger. His finger had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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