Amputations

Name: Amputations at Seabreeze Recovery, Inc.
Start: 7/26/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019077647 · 7/26/2019 · Seabreeze Recovery, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Seed planting machinery
Secondary source: Bulldozers

Employer

Name: Seabreeze Recovery, Inc.
Location: Waste Connections Seabreeze Landfill, ANGLETON, TEXAS, 77515
NAICS: 562212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a ratcheting lifting device to lift the tongue of the pull-behind hydro-seeder off of the hitch of the bull dozer. Once it was off the hitch, the tongue fell and landed on the injured employee's left foot. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the left foot and toes, as well as the amputation of the fourth toe.

Source

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