Amputations

Name: Amputations at Detyens Shipyards, Inc.
Start: 5/6/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019054605 · 5/6/2019 · Detyens Shipyards, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
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: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered

Employer

Name: Detyens Shipyards, Inc.
Location: 1670 Drydock Avenue Bldg 296, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29405
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was using a bucket lift to work on the hull of a ship. The employee's hand was on the top of the bucket when the lift made contact with the hull of the ship and the employee's hand was caught between the bucket and the ship's hull. Two fingers were damaged and a third finger was medically amputated.

Source

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