Amputations

Name: Amputations at American Leakless Company
Start: 11/6/2015

1 amputation · 2015118377 · 11/6/2015 · American Leakless Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Drives-chain, leather, fabric, vee belt
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: American Leakless Company
Location: 136 Roy Long Rd., ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35611
NAICS: 339991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a chain on an accumulator when his left-hand little finger got caught between the chain and the sprocket, amputating the fingertip.

Source

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