Amputations

Name: Amputations at Exide Technologies
Start: 12/2/2015

1 amputation · 2015129090 · 12/2/2015 · Exide Technologies

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Exide Technologies
Location: 413 E. Berg Road, SALINA, KANSAS, 67401
NAICS: 335912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was evaluating a jam around the back of the cutter machine. His glove came into contact with a guarded belt and pulley, which caught his glove and pulled his right hand in. A section of his right index finger was amputated.

Source

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