Amputations

Name: Amputations at Space Exploration Technologies
Start: 9/5/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023098163 · 9/5/2023 · Space Exploration Technologies

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells

Employer

Name: Space Exploration Technologies
Location: Space Exploration Technologies East Coast Recovery Dock, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
NAICS: 927110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing rigging operations. While installing a pin into a 120-ton lifting shackle, the employee's right little finger was caught between the pin and the hole in the shackle. The employee sustained a laceration to the finger that required hospitalization, surgery, and possible amputation.

Source

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