Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at County Materials Corporation
Start: 8/16/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021086947 · 8/16/2021 · County Materials Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name: County Materials Corporation
Location: Fairway Village, CEDARBURG, WISCONSIN, 53012
NAICS: 327320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were offloading 12-inch pipes from a truck at a construction site. They were operating the offloading mechanism when one employee's left little finger was pinched between one rolling pipe and the next. The finger was degloved and the fingertip was medically amputated.

Source

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