Amputations

Name: Amputations at Indian Health Services
Start: 2/2/2023

1 amputation · 2023021052 · 2/2/2023 · Indian Health Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Augers, plumbing snakes-powered

Employer

Name: Indian Health Services
Location: Highway 18 Main Street Building 159, PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57770
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A sewer snake machine was binding. An employee was trying to release the binding pressure when the machine released with force and struck his right hand, severing his little finger just below the fingernail.

Source

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