Amputations

Name: Amputations at Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Start: 4/15/2023

1 amputation · 2023043366 · 4/15/2023 · Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Parts and materials, unspecified

Employer

Name: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Location: 1 Rocket Road, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
NAICS: 336414
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was holding the bottom of a metal stringer (about 25 feet long and 6 inches wide, made of thin-gauge stainless steel) while others were tack welding it to a tank wall. The tack welds gave way. The stringer dropped about 4 inches and pinched the employee's right index fingertip against the support tooling. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

Source

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