Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at TLG Peterbilt - Joplin
Start: 3/18/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025032585 · 3/18/2025 · TLG Peterbilt - Joplin

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: Struck by falling object unspecified
Source: Engine, motor, and mechanical parts n.e.c.
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: TLG Peterbilt - Joplin
Location: 4044 Coyote Drive, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
NAICS: 811111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A service repair technician was installing a heavy-duty truck flywheel when it fell. The employee went to catch it, and their right middle fingertip was caught between the flywheel and the concrete floor. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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