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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025043628 · 4/18/2025 · Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
Source
Chairs, single-person seating
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
Location
28 DeWolfe Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02138
NAICS
561612
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee sat on a stack of three to four chairs when the stack collapsed and the tip of his right ring finger got caught between two chairs, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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