Amputations

Name: Amputations at Otis Elevator Company
Start: 9/15/2021

1 amputation · 2021097963 · 9/15/2021 · Otis Elevator Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Elevators

Employer

Name: Otis Elevator Company
Location: 840 Franklin Ct Suite 200, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30067
NAICS: 333921
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was guiding a powered industrial vehicle into position to lower an elevator machine onto a pedestal for installation. The elevator machine shifted and pinched the employee's fingertip. The fingertip was amputated above the nailbed, without bone loss.

Source

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