Amputations

Name: Amputations at Western Scrap Processing
Start: 3/8/2016

1 amputation · 2016032035 · 3/8/2016 · Western Scrap Processing

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 regular operation
Source: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: Western Scrap Processing
Location: 3315 Drennan Industrial Loop South, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80910
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting pieces of copper using a shear when one of the pieces dropped. He reached down to get the piece with his right hand and at the same time his left foot pressed the down pedal of the shear (which has an up pedal and a down pedal). His left-hand index and middle fingertips were amputated above the top knuckles.

Source

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