Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pruitt Tool & Supply Co., Inc
Start: 3/29/2019

1 amputation · 2019033272 · 3/29/2019 · Pruitt Tool & Supply Co., Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Pruitt Tool & Supply Co., Inc
Location: 9700 Aire Circle, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72918
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assisting a forklift driver with moving flanges. The last flange fell over. The employee walked over to stand the flange up. The employee picked up the flange and it slipped from his hand. The employee's left ring finger was crushed between the flange and a pallet and amputated.

Source

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