St. Mary's Medical Center

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at St. Mary's Medical Center in GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
Employer St. Mary's Medical Center Report ID 2018065514
Address 2635 N. 7th Street City, State ZIP GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501
Event Date June 6, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Cabinets, cases-display, storage
Industry (NAICS) 722211 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.09000, -108.56000

Incident Narrative

An employee was loading a deposit into a safe and when she turned the mechanism to load the deposit bag, it caught her hand and amputated part of her left middle finger.

Incident Summary

On June 6, 2018, a worker at St. Mary's Medical Center in GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with cabinets, cases-display, storage identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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