Amputations

Name: Amputations at Jacobs Technology, Inc.
Start: 9/17/2020

1 amputation · 2020098858 · 9/17/2020 · Jacobs Technology, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Parts and materials, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Jacobs Technology, Inc.
Location: 6836 Civil Rd, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, 21005
NAICS: 541330
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was helping to install an M256 tube with a bearing assembly into a recoil mount in preparation for testing. While guiding the tube (which was being held by a crane) into the recoil mount, his gloved hand became caught, resulting in the amputation of two left-hand fingertips.

Source

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