Amputations

Name: Amputations at Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC
Start: 11/19/2021

1 amputation · 20211110044 · 11/19/2021 · Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC

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: Fasteners, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC
Location: Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29405
NAICS: 488320
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was loading containers from a ship onto a bomb cart. The employee's left index finger was caught between a twist lock and the frame of the bomb cart, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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