Amputations

Name: Amputations at Artiflex Mfg. LLC
Start: 9/10/2015

1 amputation · 2015096610 · 9/10/2015 · Artiflex Mfg. LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Artiflex Mfg. LLC
Location: 1425 E. Bowman Street, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
NAICS: 336370
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to set dies when his left hand got struck by the die as it was being lowered into the parallel. His left-hand middle finger was injured and had to be amputated to the second knuckle.

Source

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