Amputations

Name: Amputations at K&R Operating LLC.
Start: 5/27/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022054631 · 5/27/2022 · K&R Operating LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: K&R Operating LLC.
Location: Elysburg Compressor Station, ELYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17824
NAICS: 221210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a nut on the main bearing in preparation to change out the main bearings on an engine. An engine main cap fell on his right thumb causing a crush injury that required medical amputation of the thumb to just behind the thumbnail.

Source

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