Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at A.R.Plante Materials & Earthworks, LLC
Start: 12/20/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241211758 · 12/20/2024 · A.R.Plante Materials & Earthworks, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with non-running objects or equipment unspecified
Source: Vehicle and machine front attachments
Secondary source: Springs, coils

Employer

Name: A.R.Plante Materials & Earthworks, LLC
Location: Westgate Mall, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02301
NAICS: 327992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a snow plow, trying to free a spring that had become struck when their finger was pinched in the springs on the snow plow. When the spring released, it amputated the fingertip.

Source

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