Amputations

Name: Amputations at H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc.
Start: 1/24/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010859 · 1/24/2019 · H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
Secondary source: Slings

Employer

Name: H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc.
Location: 3899 Route 66, APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA, 15613
NAICS: 333517
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a wire sling to stand up a 1,000-pound sheave wheel in a vertical position. The wheel fell over and hit his left foot, crushing it against a 4-by-4. He was hospitalized, and a toe was surgically amputated.

Source

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