Amputations

Name: Amputations at Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc.
Start: 8/3/2020

1 amputation · 2020087294 · 8/3/2020 · Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc.
Location: 367 Chesser Island Landfill Road, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, 31537
NAICS: 562212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a crow bar to attach a metal drag bar (10 feet long, weighing 400 pounds) to the bucket of a front end loader. The employee's hand was caught between the bottom of the drag bar and the ground, causing a partial amputation to the right index finger.

Source

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