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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024054232 · 5/14/2024 · Atlas Industrial Services, LLC

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 running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back
Source
Pile drivers, tamping machinery
Secondary source
Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name
Atlas Industrial Services, LLC
Location
Route 395, THOMPSON, CONNECTICUT, 06277
NAICS
238990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing a guardrail near a power pounding unit when the drive shaft to the unit broke and his hand became caught between the boom on the pounder and the guardrail. This resulted in hospitalization and the surgical amputation of a finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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