Amputations

Name: Amputations at Monongalia General Hospital
Start: 7/6/2022

1 amputation · 2022075867 · 7/6/2022 · Monongalia General Hospital

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Monongalia General Hospital
Location: 1200 JD Anderson Drive, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 26505
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting a tissue block in the clamp of a microtome when their left thumb was caught between the block and blade holder stage resulting in partial amputation of the left thumb without nail or bone loss.

Source

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