Amputations

Name: Amputations at Trinity Heavy Hauling, LLC
Start: 3/14/2019

1 amputation · 2019032713 · 3/14/2019 · Trinity Heavy Hauling, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury
Source: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Trinity Heavy Hauling, LLC
Location: Oilfield near Ruston, LA, RUSTON, LOUISIANA, 71270
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was positioning wooden chock blocks/boards for leveling a piece of equipment. Another employee tossed a board towards the board the injured employee was holding. It struck the board the injured employee was holding and smashed the tip of the employee's right ring finger. The employee suffered an open fracture and avulsion and underwent a medical amputation of about 1/2 inch off the tip of the finger.

Source

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