Amputations

Name: Amputations at NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.
Start: 1/30/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019011107 · 1/30/2019 · NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, 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: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.
Location: 401 S Hawthorne, HARTFORD, ILLINOIS, 62048
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to load a shaft onto a flatbed truck using an overhead crane. The pull chain got stuck in the hook on the chain fall. The employee reached up to free the pull chain and his right ring finger was pinched between the chain on the overhead crane and the chain fall resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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