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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021021379 · 2/15/2021 · Envirotech Waste Services
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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
- Trash compactors
Employer
- Name
- Envirotech Waste Services
- Location
- 120 West Sioux, PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57501
- NAICS
- 562111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee's left thumb tip was amputated when the lid of a compactor closed on the finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown