Amputations

Name: Amputations at WESTAFF
Start: 8/27/2015

1 amputation · 2015086216 · 8/27/2015 · WESTAFF

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: Brake presses

Employer

Name: WESTAFF
Location: 9301 Olive Blvd, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63132
NAICS: 561320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press to bend a piece of metal. His finger was pinched on the deck of the press resulting in the amputation of the left ring finger just above the finger nail. It was reattached by a surgeon.

Source

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