Amputations

Name: Amputations at Anderson Perforating Services LLC
Start: 8/1/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023086969 · 8/1/2023 · Anderson Perforating Services LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Demolition or blasting explosion
Source: Explosives, blasting agents, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Anderson Perforating Services LLC
Location: 124 Welco Rd., ALBANY, TEXAS, 76430
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to download shaped charges. During the process, a charge exploded directly over the employee's left hand. The employee suffered lacerations and burns to his left hand. He was hospitalized, and his left little finger was surgically amputated.

Source

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