Amputations

Name: Amputations at National Boiler Service, Inc.
Start: 3/4/2016

1 amputation · 2016031965 · 3/4/2016 · National Boiler Service, 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Furnaces, heaters
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: National Boiler Service, Inc.
Location: West Rock, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32405
NAICS: 332410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a bearing in a space heater when his leather glove was caught at the edge of the separator bar (the rotating mechanism inside of the heater) as it turned. His right thumb was caught between the separator bar and the outer shroud (the heater's fan with a filtration system) and was amputated from the first joint.

Source

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