Amputations

Name: Amputations at Janesville Acoustics
Start: 9/30/2015

1 amputation · 2015097203 · 9/30/2015 · Janesville Acoustics

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Honing, polishing, lapping machinery

Employer

Name: Janesville Acoustics
Location: 221 Fabritek Drive, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39702
NAICS: 325220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a lapper machine when its vacuum hose clogged. He turned the machine off, opened the doors, and attempted to unclog it. His hand got caught in the machine and was crushed, resulting in a hand amputation.

Source

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