Amputations

Name: Amputations at LM Wind Power
Start: 6/19/2018

1 amputation · 2018066059 · 6/19/2018 · LM Wind Power

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: Impact wrenches-powered

Employer

Name: LM Wind Power
Location: 8000 Frazier Pike, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
NAICS: 333611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tightening bolts with an impact wrench. The employee's left middle fingertip was caught and crushed between a bolt and the wrench's stabilizer arm, resulting in a surgical amputation.

Source

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