Amputations

Name: Amputations at Central States Manufacturing, Inc.
Start: 12/3/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015129136 · 12/3/2015 · Central States Manufacturing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: Central States Manufacturing, Inc.
Location: 2010 North Western Avenue, HARTFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57033
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee attempted to retrieve a small strip of scrap metal behind the shears. The employee's foot actuated the machine via the treadle while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation, amputating the right middle fingertip.

Source

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