Amputations

Name: Amputations at Leggett & Platt Components Company, Inc.
Start: 8/31/2015

1 amputation · 2015086283 · 8/31/2015 · Leggett & Platt Components Company, Inc.

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: Milling machines
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Leggett & Platt Components Company, Inc.
Location: 2071 S. Green St., TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
NAICS: 332510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was wearing work gloves while operating a vertical milling machine to fabricate a tube. The employee attempted to adjust the tube in the machine with his left hand when his work glove got caught on a set screw. His left little fingertip was amputated; there was no bone loss.

Source

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