Amputations

Name: Amputations at Insteel Wire Products, Inc.
Start: 1/3/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015010041 · 1/3/2015 · Insteel Wire Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Insteel Wire Products, Inc.
Location: 500 Klemp Road, DAYTON, TEXAS, 77535
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees use a draw machine to extrude wire. The employee bypassed the guard or disabled it to remove soap build-up on the wire coming from the die. The employee amputated the middle, ring, and pinky fingers on the right hand and the first digit of the index finger. Employee was hospitalized and released. The injury occurred on 1/3/15 at approximately 6:00 p.m.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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