Amputations

Name: Amputations at Caterpillar Inc
Start: 9/21/2018

1 amputation · 2018099787 · 9/21/2018 · Caterpillar Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: Caterpillar Inc
Location: 7300 Lone Tree Road, VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77905
NAICS: 333618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was fitting a skirt to the center core of an upper frame for an excavator when the pneumatic clamp was actuated, making contact with the employee's left thumb and resulting in a fracture and partial amputation of the thumb.

Source

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