Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cutex Brands, LLC
Start: 9/9/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015096602 · 9/9/2015 · Cutex Brands, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Other special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Cutex Brands, LLC
Location: 100 Industrial Drive, FESTUS, MISSOURI, 63028
NAICS: 325620
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 10:30 a.m. on the production floor, an employee attempted to unjam one of the pads on the PAD machine. The blade on the machine amputated her left-hand index finger from the bed of the fingernail to the tip. She was hospitalized. The machine was still running at the time of the incident.

Source

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