Amputations

Name: Amputations at Spears Manufacturing Company
Start: 6/30/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015064182 · 6/30/2015 · Spears Manufacturing Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Spears Manufacturing Company
Location: 2152 South Lincoln Street, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
NAICS: 326122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was taking the cavity out of a cracked mold that weighs between 200 and 300 pounds. A chain was attached to the top of the mold to hold it in place. As the slack was being taken out of chain to lift the mold, the employee reached up to adjust the chain. His left middle finger was caught between the mold and the chain, severing the finger. His finger was able to be re-attached during surgery.

Source

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