Amputations

Name: Amputations at Atlas - SSI Inc
Start: 12/12/2021

1 amputation · 20211210667 · 12/12/2021 · Atlas - SSI Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Impact wrenches-powered

Employer

Name: Atlas - SSI Inc
Location: Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant, McGowin Road, WILSONVILLE, ALABAMA, 35186
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was servicing a traveling water screen. He was holding an Allen wrench, which was locked into a bolt; as another employee tightened the bolt, his right little finger was caught between the wrench and the machine's sprocket. He suffered an amputation to the finger.

Source

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