Amputations

Name: Amputations at Taminco US LLC
Start: 8/3/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087047 · 8/3/2023 · Taminco US LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Trailers
Secondary source: Passenger van

Employer

Name: Taminco US LLC
Location: 4575 US 90, PACE, FLORIDA, 32571
NAICS: 325199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were connecting a rescue trailer to the rescue van for training. The injured employee was pushing on the trailer coupler to align it when their finger slipped under the coupler and was pinched between it and the trailer hitch ball. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Source

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