Amputations

Name: Amputations at Reefer Systems, Inc
Start: 1/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016010523 · 1/19/2016 · Reefer Systems, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Reefer Systems, Inc
Location: 2700 E 4th Ave, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67504
NAICS: 811111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to repair a carrier truck. When checking the slippage on the alternator belt, the system started and pulled the employee's right thumb through the pulley resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip at the hospital.

Source

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