Amputations

Name: Amputations at Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Region (NAVFAC)
Start: 3/21/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023032540 · 3/21/2023 · Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Region (NAVFAC)

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Region (NAVFAC)
Location: Bldg. 3355, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92136
NAICS: 561110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was disassembling shelving to change out a racking system for a compressor system when the metal brace fell and amputated half an inch of his left little finger.

Source

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