Amputations

Name: Amputations at RVI Motorsports
Start: 9/14/2020

1 amputation · 2020098711 · 9/14/2020 · RVI Motorsports

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: RVI Motorsports
Location: 56 New Meadows Rd, WEST BATH, MAINE, 04530
NAICS: 441221
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to stabilize a hydraulic brake that was being lowered to the ground via a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was holding onto the pallet when it was lowered onto the ground and crushed his right index finger. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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