Amputations

Name: Amputations at Gulf Stream Construction, LLC
Start: 1/23/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020010737 · 1/23/2020 · Gulf Stream Construction, LLC

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: Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name: Gulf Stream Construction, LLC
Location: 1007 South Wharton Street, EL CAMPO, TEXAS, 77437
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a metal sheet bender machine. He was adjusting a metal sheet. When he pressed the button that engages to hold the metal sheet, his left hand was caught between the two holder components. He suffered an injury to his left hand that required hospitalization and the amputation of his left ring finger.

Source

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