Amputations

Name: Amputations at SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION
Start: 1/6/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023010177 · 1/6/2023 · SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Elevators

Employer

Name: SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION
Location: 3828 North Causeway Blvd, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70002
NAICS: 333921
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a governor from an elevator system with the govern rope suspended from the sheave. A co-worker grabbed the suspended cable to move it out the way when it slipped through the cable grab and pinched employee's right middle finger between the cable and the sheave, resulting in an amputation at the distal interphalangeal joint.

Source

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