Amputations

Name: Amputations at Helgesen Industries
Start: 10/29/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181011135 · 10/29/2018 · Helgesen Industries

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Overhead hoists-manual

Employer

Name: Helgesen Industries
Location: 1055 West Sumner Street, HARTFORD, WISCONSIN, 53027
NAICS: 999999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a hydraulic tank using a manual bridge hoist when his left pinky fingertip was caught between the clasping hook and the eye bolt, resulting in the removal of a small piece of his pinky finger pad.

Source

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