Amputations

Name: Amputations at Zurn Industries, Inc.
Start: 1/27/2015

1 amputation · 2015010862 · 1/27/2015 · Zurn Industries, 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 regular operation
Source: Threading and tapping machines
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Zurn Industries, Inc.
Location: 1801 Pittsburgh Ave, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16502
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was operating a drill tap machine. As he was making an adjustment for a new job on the tooling, his hand contacted the rotating spindle shaft. His glove got caught on the shaft, and his hand was entangled. This resulted in amputation to the first knuckle of his left-hand middle finger.

Source

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