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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181011051 · 10/26/2018 · NSquare Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source
Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name
NSquare Inc.
Location
Unknown, LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, 34228
NAICS
238140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was connecting steel tube sections for the installation of helical piles. He was checking the alignment of two tube sections when one of the sections was turned in an effort to align it, and his left index finger was caught in in a bolt hole amputating the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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