Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hillerud Construction, Inc.
Start: 10/1/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191010276 · 10/1/2019 · Hillerud Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Drills-powered
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Hillerud Construction, Inc.
Location: 401 14th Avenue NW, JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58405
NAICS: 236115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pre-drilling holes into steel siding with a handheld cordless drill. The employee's left glove got caught on the drill bit and wrapped around the bit with the employee's thumb still inside. The outer cutting edge of the drill bit amputated the thumb.

Source

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