Amputations

Name: Amputations at Howard Industries, Inc.
Start: 7/30/2015

1 amputation · 2015075278 · 7/30/2015 · Howard Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Howard Industries, Inc.
Location: 3225 Pendorff Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
NAICS: 335311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 10:15 AM, an employee was placing rectangular inserts into the press to form a window, which is the internal section of a transformer. The employee's hand was either crushed or mashed, resulting in an amputation of his right thumb tip.

Source

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