Amputations

Name: Amputations at Anvil Attachments
Start: 9/16/2015

1 amputation · 2015096782 · 9/16/2015 · Anvil Attachments

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: Brake presses

Employer

Name: Anvil Attachments
Location: 261 Highway 19, SLAUGHTER, LOUISIANA, 70777
NAICS: 333120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting a die in the brake press. The employee was attempting to line up the upper holes when he depressed the foot pedal and the brake press lowered onto the employee's left hand thumb causing a fingertip amputation.

Source

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