Amputations

Name: Amputations at J-Kraft Inc.
Start: 7/20/2015

1 amputation · 2015074834 · 7/20/2015 · J-Kraft 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: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: J-Kraft Inc.
Location: 3040 Greens Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
NAICS: 333243
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee in the shop's face-frames department was operating a machine press that punches holes into cabinetry. As the clamping mechanism came down, it amputated her left-hand pinky finger. The employee required surgery.

Source

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