Amputations

Name: Amputations at Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Start: 3/1/2023

1 amputation · 2023031913 · 3/1/2023 · Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Garbage disposals

Employer

Name: Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Location: 511 West 114th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10024
NAICS: 611310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was retrieving a utensil that was going into the garbage disposal while cleaning dishes and sustained a partial amputation to two fingers on their right hand.

Source

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