Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southern Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.
Start: 5/16/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023054360 · 5/16/2023 · Southern Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
Source: Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name: Southern Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.
Location: 4681 N Watkins Street, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, 38127
NAICS: 423720
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was unstrapping a 20-foot-long stack of metal pipes when a pipe rolled from the truck bed. The employee's left hand was caught between the pipe and the guardrail, resulting in a crushed middle and ring finger as well as a fingertip amputation on the index finger.

Source

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