Amputations

Name: Amputations at CATERPILLAR
Start: 10/4/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181010260 · 10/4/2018 · CATERPILLAR

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified

Employer

Name: CATERPILLAR
Location: 9201 FAULKNER LAKE RD., NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72117
NAICS: 333120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attaching parts to a motor grader as part of its assembly. A part to be attached was on a mobile cart; the employee's right ring finger was caught between the cart and the grader, and was partially amputated at the third joint.

Source

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