Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ditch Witch
Start: 9/19/2019

1 amputation · 2019099801 · 9/19/2019 · Ditch Witch

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Drilling machines, drilling augers

Employer

Name: Ditch Witch
Location: 1959 W. Fir Ave, PERRY, OKLAHOMA, 73077
NAICS: 811310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to free a pipe on a horizontal directional drill when the pipe shifted, catching the employee's finger between the drill pipe and the frame of the unit and resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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