Amputations

Name: Amputations at Henkels & McCoy
Start: 8/27/2018

1 amputation · 2018088792 · 8/27/2018 · Henkels & McCoy

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: Utility and telephone poles
Secondary source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Henkels & McCoy
Location: Structure 124, NORRIS CITY, ILLINOIS, 62869
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust a chain on a utility pole when the pole moved back into a hole, catching the employee's right thumb between the pole and chain. The employee suffered a thumb tip amputation when he pulled his hand out of the pinch point.

Source

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