Amputations

Name: Amputations at INNOVATIVE TEXTILES
Start: 8/6/2015

1 amputation · 2015085509 · 8/6/2015 · INNOVATIVE TEXTILES

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Ropes, ties, chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Winders, unwinders

Employer

Name: INNOVATIVE TEXTILES
Location: 559 SANDHILL LANE, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81501
NAICS: 314999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee, working as a winder, was threading a spool of high grade fishing line and got the right index finger caught up in the line amputating the tip.

Source

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