Amputations

Name: Amputations at Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
Start: 1/12/2015

1 amputation · 2015010397 · 1/12/2015 · Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Chippers

Employer

Name: Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
Location: End of Hwy 112, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72908
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was tightening a belt on the wood chipper. After the repair, the employee turned the machine off. While the machine was coasting to a stop the employee got his left hand caught between the belt and pulley of the wood chipper, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown