Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Dept of Justice
Start: 11/28/2023

1 amputation · 20231110894 · 11/28/2023 · U.S. Dept of Justice

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
Source: Gates
Secondary source: High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name: U.S. Dept of Justice
Location: Federal Correctional Complex, BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA, 27509
NAICS: 922140
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was allowing a contractor through the pedestrian gate/door when the wind caught the chain link gate and caused it to swing closed. The employee's right ring finger was pinched in the lock/latch resulting in an amputation to the fingertip above the bone.

Source

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