Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mount Sinai Hospital
Start: 12/23/2019

1 amputation · 20191213141 · 12/23/2019 · Mount Sinai Hospital

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mount Sinai Hospital
Location: One Gustave J Levy Place, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10029
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing a belt replacement on a fan motor for the AC-1 unit. The employee had locked out the power source(s) to the fan motor, loosened the motor / tension on the belts, and replaced the belt when the pulley "free-wheeled." Her fingertip was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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