Amputations

Name: Amputations at PGC General Contractors LLC
Start: 4/29/2020

1 amputation · 2020043950 · 4/29/2020 · PGC General Contractors LLC

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: Generators
Secondary source: Jacks

Employer

Name: PGC General Contractors LLC
Location: Forty Project at UT Austin, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78701
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee lifted the tongue of a generator to move it when his finger was caught/pinched between the jack and tongue. This resulted in a partial amputation of the right index fingertip.

Source

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