Amputations

Name: Amputations at Premier Fence, LLC
Start: 7/8/2019

1 amputation · 2019076812 · 7/8/2019 · Premier Fence, LLC

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: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Posts, bollards, moorings

Employer

Name: Premier Fence, LLC
Location: Mile Marker 12, I-93 North, CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02021
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was guiding a guardrail post out of the ground. It released from the hole with force and jumped up. The employee's right hand was pinched between the post and the boom of the puller machine, causing an amputation of soft tissue on the ring finger.

Source

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