Amputations

Name: Amputations at Doggett Equipment Services
Start: 10/14/2019

1 amputation · 20191010739 · 10/14/2019 · Doggett Equipment Services

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: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Doggett Equipment Services
Location: 1 Lone Star Pass, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78264
NAICS: 811310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a side shift cylinder on a forklift. The lever on the unit that actuates the side shift cylinder was then moved. The employee's hand slipped and fell inside of the cylinder hole, amputating the left index fingertip.

Source

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