Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hi-Lume Corp
Start: 1/15/2021

1 amputation · 2021010404 · 1/15/2021 · Hi-Lume Corp

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Generators

Employer

Name: Hi-Lume Corp
Location: 8925 Flatland Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11236
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was starting a generator by pulling a drawstring with a piece of wood attached to it when the drawstring was sucked back into the engine. The piece of wood struck the employee's left ring finger, resulting in amputation.

Source

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