Amputations

Name: Amputations at BNSF (Dodge City)
Start: 8/1/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021086412 · 8/1/2021 · BNSF (Dodge City)

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Bundles, bales

Employer

Name: BNSF (Dodge City)
Location: 488-1298 East Trail Street, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
NAICS: 482111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A crew was loading material into the bed of a boom truck with a tag line on one end. An employee was steadying a bundle of I-beams as they were being hoisted onto a boom truck. The load shifted and pinched his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

Source

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