Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc.
Start: 4/19/2018

1 amputation · 2018043777 · 4/19/2018 · Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc.
Location: 8884 Mercer Pike, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
NAICS: 424910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using pneumatic nippers to cut line stake material. As he made a cut, the tip of his left hand was caught in the nippers. He suffered a left thumb tip amputation.

Source

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