Amputations

Name: Amputations at Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.
Start: 2/8/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019021460 · 2/8/2019 · Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
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: Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.
Location: 1208 N. Gutensohn Rd., SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72762
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was assisting coworkers to set a fiberglass wall inside a trench. The injured employee had his hand on the wall when the wall shifted and pinched his finger between it and another section of already placed wall. His right middle finger was amputated behind the nail at the first knuckle.

Source

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