Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kellex Seating
Start: 3/29/2016

1 amputation · 2016033560 · 3/29/2016 · Kellex Seating

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Boring, routing, notching machines

Employer

Name: Kellex Seating
Location: 121 N. Industrial Road, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
NAICS: 337122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating the end boring machine, drilling holes for dials. The employee's finger got caught under the clamp when the clamps came down resulting in the amputation of the left middle fingertip.

Source

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