Amputations

Name: Amputations at Brake Check, Inc.
Start: 12/5/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191212523 · 12/5/2019 · Brake Check, 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: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Automobile lifts and hoists

Employer

Name: Brake Check, Inc.
Location: 27913 Hwy 249, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77375
NAICS: 811191
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to release the lock on an auto lift to lower a vehicle. The auto lift's locking mechanism caught two fingers on the employee's left hand. The middle finger was medically amputated above the knuckle. The ring finger was crushed but surgically repaired.

Source

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