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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023032404 · 3/16/2023 · Lightning Foundations Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Drilling machines, drilling augers

Employer

Name
Lightning Foundations Inc.
Location
4 Burress Road, FAIRMONT, NEBRASKA, 68354
NAICS
237990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping to stabilize drilling equipment when their fingers were crushed between the auger and auger guide on the drilling rig. The employee sustained crush injuries to the left middle and ring fingers that resulted in partial amputations and hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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