Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Dept of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
Start: 9/20/2019

1 amputation · 2019099882 · 9/20/2019 · U.S. Dept of Justice-Bureau of Prisons

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Generators

Employer

Name: U.S. Dept of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
Location: Federal Correctional Complex, BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA, 27509
NAICS: 922140
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on a diesel generator's turbo chamber when the employee's hand entered the chamber to see if the turbo was functioning properly. The generator then amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip.

Source

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