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Amputations
1 amputation · 2020054962 · 5/29/2020 · ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
Employer
- Name
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS
- Location
- Big Ridge Cutoff, MEEKER, COLORADO, 81641
- NAICS
- 813410
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was moving a backpack with a pair of lopping shears attached to the side when the shears opened and amputated his right index finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown