Amputations

Name: Amputations at H.M. RICHARDS, INC.
Start: 8/25/2015

1 amputation · 2015086114 · 8/25/2015 · H.M. RICHARDS, INC.

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 regular operation
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: H.M. RICHARDS, INC.
Location: 414 COUNTY ROAD 2790, GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, 38849
NAICS: 337121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a button making machine when she reached around the guard to pull out the stems before it jammed up. Her foot was still on the foot peddle and it was pressed when her finger was in the point of operation. The machine smashed her right index finger resulting in the amputation of the finger.

Source

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