Amputations

Name: Amputations at Diamond Plastics Corp
Start: 8/7/2015

1 amputation · 2015085548 · 8/7/2015 · Diamond Plastics Corp

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Diamond Plastics Corp
Location: 2323 Marshall St, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79415
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working a piece of pre breaker when the pipe jammed. The employee was cutting the pipe to release the jam when the safety gate struck the tip of the employee's third digit amputating the fingertip.

Source

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