Amputations

Name: Amputations at JT Claery Inc.
Start: 7/12/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018077007 · 7/12/2018 · JT Claery Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized water-blast
Secondary source: Power washers

Employer

Name: JT Claery Inc.
Location: 100 Red School house Rd, SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK, 10977
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an underwater blaster to clear barnacle off of wooden columns when a wave came in and splashed against him, knocking him off balance and into the path of the blaster's water jet, which cut his left index finger. His left index finger was amputated.

Source

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