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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019055372 · 5/29/2019 · Russo Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name
Russo Corporation
Location
Intersection of Church St NW & Pegram St NW, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35801
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping a drill rig operator and was cleaning out a pinhole when the pin was removed, causing the drill rig bar to raise and pin the employee's finger between the pinhole and the rig bar. The employee's left index finger was completely amputated at the distal phalanx joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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