Amputations

Name: Amputations at BMC West LLC
Start: 11/3/2020

1 amputation · 20201110437 · 11/3/2020 · BMC West LLC

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: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Secondary source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: BMC West LLC
Location: 1800 Diplomat Drive, FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS, 75234
NAICS: 238150
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was throwing trash into a dumpster with a half yard hopper. The hopper tipped into the dumpster and its metal bottom edge caught his middle finger against the top edge of the dumpster. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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