Amputations

Name: Amputations at Halls Electric and Services
Start: 12/4/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20231211061 · 12/4/2023 · Halls Electric and Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Threading and tapping machines

Employer

Name: Halls Electric and Services
Location: 2221 East 4th Street, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, 69101
NAICS: 811118
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was fixing the oiling pump on a pipe threader when his finger was caught and pulled into the rotating gears. The employee's right ring finger was surgically amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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