Amputations

Name: Amputations at SGS Petroleum Service Corporation
Start: 3/5/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019032398 · 3/5/2019 · SGS Petroleum Service Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
Secondary source: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive

Employer

Name: SGS Petroleum Service Corporation
Location: Dow Chemical Company, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
NAICS: 325188
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was connecting railcars. The employee's right foot/ankle was caught between the railcar connection devices, causing crushing injuries that required hospitalization and surgical amputation.

Source

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