Amputations

Name: Amputations at Metro Masonry Inc.
Start: 10/7/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191010473 · 10/7/2019 · Metro Masonry 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: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: Metro Masonry Inc.
Location: State Capitol Building, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25305
NAICS: 238140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to operate a hoist used to raise stone to an elevated work area. The employee grabbed the cable on the hoist to help guide a lift when his finger went into the pulley. The employee sustained an injury to his left pinky finger that required an amputation at the first joint below the nail.

Source

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