Amputations

Name: Amputations at WESTROCK CP, LLC
Start: 2/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016021559 · 2/19/2016 · WESTROCK CP, LLC

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 falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: WESTROCK CP, LLC
Location: 1611 County Rd. 85, STEVENSON, ALABAMA, 35772
NAICS: 322130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a grinder machine, which was lifted up with a pin placed underneath. The machine fell and pinched the employee's fingers, amputating the right-hand middle and ring fingers at the distal joint.

Source

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