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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022032056 · 3/7/2022 · Hillcrest Medical Center

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
Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs

Employer

Name
Hillcrest Medical Center
Location
1120 S. Utica Avenue, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74104
NAICS
621111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a patient onto a CT table. As he lowered the head of the patient's stretcher, his left index finger got caught in the stretcher's handle mechanism when it broke. The fingertip was partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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