Amputations

Name: Amputations at DeAngelo Contracting Services
Start: 10/21/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022109246 · 10/21/2022 · DeAngelo Contracting Services

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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Chippers

Employer

Name: DeAngelo Contracting Services
Location: US Route I 95 South, ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, 02703
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were feeding tree parts into a chipper with a winch attached. The injured employee grabbed the winch rope and it was pulled quickly above the chipper infeed chute, catching the employee's hand between the winch rope and protective cover opening over the rope and pulleys. They sustained a crushing injury and amputation to the right index finger above the second knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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