Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pacific Tank Cleaning Services Inc, NB San Diego USS Harper Ferry, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92170
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
The injured worker was leaving the engine room and going up the ship's ladder carrying a small Shop-Vac. He was six to eight rungs above the deck when he fell (approximately 6 feet). While falling, he caught his finger between the vacuum and some metal part of the ship. He sustained a right middle finger avulsion (amputation) injury from the first knuckle through the nail, as well as a right index finger 90% avulsion (amputation) injury (estimated first knuckle).