Amputations

Name: Amputations at HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO
Start: 5/21/2015

1 amputation · 2015053096 · 5/21/2015 · HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO

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: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO
Location: 3625 W OLD POTASH HWY, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68803
NAICS: 332992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an ammunition loading machine. One cartridge did not have a bullet seated in the opening, so he reached into the opening to remove the faulty cartridge. His finger got caught by the transfer bar (feeding mechanism).

Source

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