Amputations

Name: Amputations at AECOM
Start: 12/10/2018

1 amputation · 20181212651 · 12/10/2018 · AECOM

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Aircraft unspecified

Employer

Name: AECOM
Location: NAS JAX, JACKSONVILLE N A S, FLORIDA, 32212
NAICS: 488190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An aircraft mechanic was conducting maintenance on an aircraft from the ground. When he extended a boarding ladder, which is built into the aircraft, his left thumb was caught in pinch points and amputated from the nail to the knuckle.

Source

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