Amputations

Name: Amputations at Don Bohn Buick GMC
Start: 10/27/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181011096 · 10/27/2018 · Don Bohn Buick GMC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Pyrotechnics, fireworks

Employer

Name: Don Bohn Buick GMC
Location: 3815 LaPalco Blvd, HARVEY, LOUISIANA, 70058
NAICS: 452990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing in the parking lot when he lit a firecracker and it exploded in his hand, causing a fracture, lacerations, and an amputation to the index and middle fingers at the first knuckle.

Source

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