Amputations

Name: Amputations at TK Elevator
Start: 7/13/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022076115 · 7/13/2022 · TK Elevator

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: TK Elevator
Location: 4710 Eisenhower Blvd Suite B5, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33634
NAICS: 238290
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing a rope replacement job on an elevator when their left little finger got caught in the jaws of the rope gripper. The fingertip was amputated approximately at the middle of the fingernail.

Source

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