Amputations

Name: Amputations at Austin Powder Company
Start: 8/10/2015

1 amputation · 2015085603 · 8/10/2015 · Austin Powder 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Austin Powder Company
Location: 430 POWDER PLANT RD., ST. RT. 677, MC ARTHUR, OHIO, 45651
NAICS: 325920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee suffered a partial finger amputation while cleaning a machine drive belt. While jogging the machine, the cloth that the employee held pulled his hand into a pulley.

Source

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