Amputations

Name: Amputations at HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Start: 9/26/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20190910079 · 9/26/2019 · HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

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: Grates
Secondary source: Stairs, steps, unspecified

Employer

Name: HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Location: 8121 City Century Drive, LA VISTA, NEBRASKA, 68128
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was evaluating metal floor grates in a stairway platform. The employee attempted to reset a metal floor panel in the stairway platform when the grate broke free. The employee's thumbs were crushed between the dislodged grate and a cement step. Both thumbs were amputated.

Source

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