Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Western States Equipment Company
Start: 7/18/2024

1 amputation · 2024076569 · 7/18/2024 · Western States Equipment Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Injured by object handled by person n.e.c.
Source: Jacks
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Western States Equipment Company
Location: 8403 South 5th Avenue, POCATELLO, IDAHO, 83204
NAICS: 532490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a small jack stand. The employee removed the pin to lower the jack stand with their left hand and their right middle finger went into the pin hole. The stand slipped eight inches and pinched their right middle fingertip, resulting in surgical amputation.

Source

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