Amputations

Name: Amputations at Brice Civil Constructors
Start: 7/19/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020076784 · 7/19/2020 · Brice Civil Constructors

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Brice Civil Constructors
Location: Runway at McChord AFB, JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, 98433
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

Employees were setting large sandbags along the edge of a retaining wall using an excavator to lift the bags into place. An employee was attaching the hook when his right index finger was caught between the hook and the nylon strap. When the load was lifted, the finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

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