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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020021981 · 2/29/2020 · EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Trailers
Secondary source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name
EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Location
437 MacCorkle Ave SW, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25303
NAICS
562211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While hooking up a pump trailer to the hitch on a truck, an employee's finger was caught between the hitch ball on the truck and the coupler on the trailer. The employee sustained a crushing injury/fracture to the left middle finger that required surgical amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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