Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at E.E. Cruz & Company, Inc.
Start: 4/14/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043490 · 4/14/2025 · E.E. Cruz & Company, Inc.

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: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Beams and rails metal
Secondary source: Rivets, bolts

Employer

Name: E.E. Cruz & Company, Inc.
Location: 50 Harrison Street, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, 07030
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was disconnecting and unscrewing a spinner and a J-bolt from a suspended 80- to 100-pound steel waler. The waler slipped and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the waler's flange and the J-bolt, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

Source

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