Amputations

Name: Amputations at COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC
Start: 9/20/2022

1 amputation · 2022098313 · 9/20/2022 · COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC

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: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC
Location: Melbourne Regional Airport One Air Terminal PKWY STE200, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32901
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assembling a gantry crane. The employee placed his left middle finger in a hole of the steel frame of the leg base when a co-worker lifted the attached leg assembly, which caught the employee's finger and resulted in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.

Source

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