Amputations

Name: Amputations at Titan Machinery
Start: 3/9/2015

1 amputation · 2015031073 · 3/9/2015 · Titan Machinery

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Titan Machinery
Location: 4411 Sixth Aveue SE, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
NAICS: 453998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was lining up a hole on a planter axle. The planter axle part shifted (overcentered) and severed the bottom portion of the employee's left index finger (pad).

Source

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