Amputations

Name: Amputations at St. Luke's Emergency Transport Service
Start: 8/30/2021

1 amputation · 2021087433 · 8/30/2021 · St. Luke's Emergency Transport Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
Source: Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
Secondary source: Rocks, crushed stone

Employer

Name: St. Luke's Emergency Transport Service
Location: Shafer School House Road, STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 18360
NAICS: 621910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling a loaded patient gurney through the woods when their right little fingertip was caught and amputated between the frame of the gurney and a large rock.

Source

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