Amputations

Name: Amputations at Federal Correctional Complex - Victorville
Start: 12/9/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191212643 · 12/9/2019 · Federal Correctional Complex - Victorville

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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: Federal Correctional Complex - Victorville
Location: 13777 Air Expressway Blvd., VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 92394
NAICS: 922140
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was using a full-size metal shear to cut metal. As the employee was holding the metal in place, the shear actuated and cut off the tip of the employee's right middle finger to the top of the nail bed.

Source

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