Amputations

Name: Amputations at Columbia West Virginia Corp
Start: 5/14/2019

1 amputation · 2019054896 · 5/14/2019 · Columbia West Virginia Corp

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Loaders, unspecified

Employer

Name: Columbia West Virginia Corp
Location: 242 Columbia Forest Products Road, CRAIGSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26205
NAICS: 321211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking oil on a loader. He went to shut the side engine panel/cowling when his right index finger was smashed in the hinge area of the panel, requiring surgical amputation of the bone.

Source

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