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Amputations

1 amputation · 20231110282 · 11/7/2023 · Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Scaffolds-suspended staging
Secondary source
Septic tank or water tank interiors

Employer

Name
Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group
Location
100 Caspian Avenue, VOLGA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57071
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was welding while on a suspended scaffold when their finger was pinched between the scaffold and the interior wall of a ground water tank (workpiece). The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left little finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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