Amputations

Name: Amputations at Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc.
Start: 1/14/2020

1 amputation · 2020010391 · 1/14/2020 · Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
Source: Drill bits-unattached
Secondary source: Drill bits-unattached

Employer

Name: Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc.
Location: 5951 Queens Midtown Expwy., MASPETH, NEW YORK, 11378
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading a 5-foot auger drill bit onto a flatbed truck. His right pinky finger was caught between the auger he was rolling and another that was already on the truck. He sustained amputation of the pinky finger below the lower knuckle.

Source

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