Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation
Start: 8/4/2020

1 amputation · 2020087330 · 8/4/2020 · Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Parts and materials, unspecified

Employer

Name: Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation
Location: 6100 Old Montgomery HWY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35405
NAICS: 332410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a small tube-sheet. A 3-foot plastic block slipped from underneath the tube-sheet, causing the tube-sheet to fall on the employee's right little finger. The employee suffered a soft-tissue amputation to the fingertip.

Source

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