Amputations

Name: Amputations at Busby Construction Co., Inc.
Start: 9/27/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20180910026 · 9/27/2018 · Busby Construction Co., Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Busby Construction Co., Inc.
Location: Merrimack Street, LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03246
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking behind an excavator operating in reverse. The employee's leg/foot was run over and crushed by the excavator's steel track. The lower leg was amputated at the hospital.

Source

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