Amputations

Name: Amputations at White Line Construction
Start: 11/2/2020

1 amputation · 20201110373 · 11/2/2020 · White Line Construction

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, unspecified
Source: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders

Employer

Name: White Line Construction
Location: Near Intersection of State Rt. 50 and State Rt, 231, AVELLA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15312
NAICS: 221310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A skid steer was pulling a steel truss. The truss got stuck and when an employee tried to free it, his left pinky finger was caught between the truss and the rollers of the winch on the skid steer resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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