Amputations

Name: Amputations at Alcott, Inc.
Start: 4/12/2018

1 amputation · 2018043537 · 4/12/2018 · Alcott, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Drilling machines, drilling augers

Employer

Name: Alcott, Inc.
Location: I-45 Frontage Rd. and FM 1488 near 14900 I-45 S, CONROE, TEXAS, 77384
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While installing a sewer line using the horizontal directional drilling method, an employee was helping to add a drill stem to the tail string when his hand got too close to the nylon sling and the drill pipe and was crushed between the two. His right hand was amputated.

Source

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