Amputations

Name: Amputations at Penhall Company
Start: 9/24/2018

1 amputation · 2018099903 · 9/24/2018 · Penhall Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Road grading and surfacing machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Penhall Company
Location: US Highway 85 & E Collins St, EATON, COLORADO, 80615
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a new drum of sealant into the road sealant machine and caught their left thumb between the compression piston and plunger assembly resulting in amputation of the distal end.

Source

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