Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at NAVFACSYSCOM Public Works Department Norfolk
Start: 6/6/2024

1 amputation · 2024065015 · 6/6/2024 · NAVFACSYSCOM Public Works Department Norfolk

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: NAVFACSYSCOM Public Works Department Norfolk
Location: 9742 Maryland Avenue, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23511
NAICS: 561210
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was conducting periodic maintenance on an air-handling unit. The employee was checking the tension when the drive belt spun and caught his gloved hand, pulling it into a pulley. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

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