Amputations

Name: Amputations at Verizon NY
Start: 9/12/2018

1 amputation · 2018099437 · 9/12/2018 · Verizon NY

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: Verizon NY
Location: 13-32 129th Street, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11355
NAICS: 811213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were using a machine to remove a phone pole on the street. After the pole was pulled from the ground, an employee's left middle finger was crushed between the pole and the concrete. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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