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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021119494 · 11/3/2021 · Pierce Sitework

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Pierce Sitework
Location
Spring Grove Dr., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78249
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An excavator had been used to lift a concrete cone to an upper level. When the cone was in place, an employee climbed up it to release the chains securing it to the excavator's coupler. The coupler's jaws closed on his foot, amputating five toes.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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