Amputations

Name: Amputations at Gates Machine Tool Repair, Inc.
Start: 2/3/2016

1 amputation · 2016021033 · 2/3/2016 · Gates Machine Tool Repair, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Parts and materials, unspecified

Employer

Name: Gates Machine Tool Repair, Inc.
Location: 7102 Bissell St., MANVEL, TEXAS, 77578
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was transporting a swivel from one side of the shop to the other. As he was getting ready to lower the swivel to connect it to another machine, the bottom part dropped onto his right pinky finger. The employee was transported to the hospital where his finger was amputated.

Source

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