Amputations

Name: Amputations at Porterfield Timber Harvesting, Inc.
Start: 4/16/2019

1 amputation · 2019043884 · 4/16/2019 · Porterfield Timber Harvesting, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Loaders, unspecified

Employer

Name: Porterfield Timber Harvesting, Inc.
Location: Logging tract, ALTO, TEXAS, 75925
NAICS: 113310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually adjusting the tongue on a loader in order to place it for towing to a new logging location. The employee's finger was caught somewhere near the tongue, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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