Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Primoris Distribution Services, Inc.
Start: 5/11/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024054149 · 5/11/2024 · Primoris Distribution Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
Source: Other material and personnel handling machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Container caps, lids, covers

Employer

Name: Primoris Distribution Services, Inc.
Location: 10518 US Hwy 301, DADE CITY, FLORIDA, 33525
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting the lid to a control panel on an underground wiring pulling machine when the lid fell and caught their right ring fingertip, crushing it. They sustained an open displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of the finger, and a partial amputation through the phalanx.

Source

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