Amputations

Name: Amputations at IDAHO PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Start: 7/6/2015

1 amputation · 2015074360 · 7/6/2015 · IDAHO PACIFIC HOLDINGS, 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 regular operation
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: IDAHO PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Location: 4723 E 100 N, RIRIE, IDAHO, 83443
NAICS: 311423
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a canning line, blowing down station with an air gun, and the right hand drifted into the conveyor subsequently catching the ring finger on the conveyor resulting in injury. At the hospital, part of the finger needed to be amputated to close the wound.

Source

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