Amputations

Name: Amputations at Puckett Machinery Co.
Start: 5/10/2018

1 amputation · 2018054569 · 5/10/2018 · Puckett Machinery Co.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Jacks

Employer

Name: Puckett Machinery Co.
Location: 6751 HWY 49, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39401
NAICS: 423810
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was taking a pin from a heavy duty jack stand to use on another jack stand. As another employee removed the pin, the lift dropped and caught the injured employee's fingertip in the adjustment holes in the stand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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