Amputations

Name: Amputations at Springs Fabrication, Inc.
Start: 3/12/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015030118 · 3/12/2015 · Springs Fabrication, 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: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Secondary source: Metal plates, metal panels

Employer

Name: Springs Fabrication, Inc.
Location: 3951 MacArthur Ave., LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80538
NAICS: 332420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee amputated his left thumb at the distal joint while using an overhead gantry crane. His thumb got caught in a pinch point between a metal plate weighing approximately 300 pounds and the lifting frame when a magnet holding the plate failed.

Source

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