Amputations

Name: Amputations at ASAP Industries, LLC
Start: 8/17/2015

1 amputation · 2015085859 · 8/17/2015 · ASAP Industries, LLC

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: Metalworking lathes
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: ASAP Industries, LLC
Location: 908 Blimp Rd., HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
NAICS: 333132
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was sanding a pipe on a training lathe while wearing gloves. The employee's right glove got caught on the pipe and was drawn into the turning pipe, amputating part of his right thumb tip. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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