Amputations

Name: Amputations at M&H Valve Company
Start: 2/6/2016

1 amputation · 2016021157 · 2/6/2016 · M&H Valve Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: M&H Valve Company
Location: 605 West 23rd Street, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36201
NAICS: 332911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee working in the melt department was injured while moving materials by hoist. The employee pinched his 4th and 5th distal ends between the wire rope and the sheave of the load block, resulting in an amputation of the 5th distal digit.

Source

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