Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Keith Weighing Systems, LLC
Start: 11/1/2024

1 amputation · 20241110193 · 11/1/2024 · Keith Weighing Systems, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 suspended or swinging objects n.e.c.
Source: Parts and materials unspecified
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: Keith Weighing Systems, LLC
Location: 13006 E. State Hwy 115, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
NAICS: 811219
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were installing a truck scale and lowering a module when the injured employee's right ring finger was caught between the module and a side rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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