Amputations

Name: Amputations at POLAR TANK TRAILER
Start: 6/1/2015

1 amputation · 2015063330 · 6/1/2015 · POLAR TANK TRAILER

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: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: POLAR TANK TRAILER
Location: 4825 E. Kearney St., SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
NAICS: 332420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing material inside a drill press when the press came down and caught his right glove. The distal half of his right thumb was amputated at the middle joint. He was hospitalized and received treatment.

Source

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