Amputations

Name: Amputations at Leader Gasket, Inc.
Start: 10/1/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107309 · 10/1/2015 · Leader Gasket, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Leader Gasket, Inc.
Location: 8622 South Choctaw Street, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70815
NAICS: 339991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a semi-automatic vertical winder to make a gasket. When he activated the foot pedal to the machine, the machine pinched and amputated his fingertip.

Source

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