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Hillcrest Medical Center

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — TULSA, OKLAHOMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Hillcrest Medical Center in TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Employer Hillcrest Medical Center Report ID 2022032056
Address 1120 S. Utica Avenue City, State ZIP TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74104
Event Date March 7, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
Industry (NAICS) 621111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 36.14000, -95.96000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a patient onto a CT table. As he lowered the head of the patient's stretcher, his left index finger got caught in the stretcher's handle mechanism when it broke. The fingertip was partially amputated.

Incident Summary

On March 7, 2022, a worker at Hillcrest Medical Center in TULSA, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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