Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at USDA Forest Service
Start: 9/4/2024

1 amputation · 2024098198 · 9/4/2024 · USDA Forest Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Fall on same level n.e.c.
Source: Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
Secondary source: Rocks, stone, gravel

Employer

Name: USDA Forest Service
Location: 2880 Skyview Drive, HELENA, MONTANA, 59602
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were building a water pool for a pump site. Just after being handed a rock to stack, an employee lost his balance and fell forward while holding the rock. His finger was crushed between the rock he was holding and another on the ground, and he suffered an amputation.

Source

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