Amputations

Name: Amputations at QG Printing II Corp.
Start: 6/5/2018

1 amputation · 2018065464 · 6/5/2018 · QG Printing II Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name: QG Printing II Corp.
Location: 594 CAN DO Expressway, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 323111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on conduit from the elevated basket of a boom lift. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the elevated basket guardrail and the conduit causing a fingertip amputation.

Source

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