Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
Start: 8/13/2024

1 amputation · 2024087420 · 8/13/2024 · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL

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: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Medical, dental, and surgical instruments and equipment n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
Location: 75 Francis Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02115
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a microtome to cut samples for testing in the pathology department when the blade of the microtome partially amputated their left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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