Amputations

Name: Amputations at Veyance Technologies, Inc.
Start: 7/6/2015

1 amputation · 2015074357 · 7/6/2015 · Veyance Technologies, Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Other metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Veyance Technologies, Inc.
Location: 4021 N 56th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68504
NAICS: 326299
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a full "super sack" from beneath the dust collector. A red light indicated a blockage or full sack. The employee attempted to clear the blockage. She reached up into the rotary valve, which still had power. A paddle in the valve caught her right thumb.

Source

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