Amputations

Name: Amputations at Dow Chemical Company
Start: 7/8/2015

1 amputation · 2015074424 · 7/8/2015 · Dow Chemical Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Containers, unspecified
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Dow Chemical Company
Location: 3230 Dow Road, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee pinched his finger between a cell and the cell rack while performing an inspection and moving a cell into the cell rack with a crane. In this process, the cell turned and the finger got caught between the cell handle and the rack that it sits on.

Source

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