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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021098072 · 9/20/2021 · Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Drilling machines, drilling augers

Employer

Name
Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc.
Location
8000 Jefferson Davis Highway, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 23297
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was prepping a piece of drill steel for a hole being drilled. The last piece of drill steel in the carousel had a tricone bit attached to the bottom. The employee tightened the jaws on the drill rig to loosen the tricone. When the employee opened the jaws to remove the tricone, his left thumb was caught between the backside of the jaws and the receiver. The tip of the thumb was amputated just above the nailbed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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