Amputations

Name: Amputations at NUCOR-LMP INC
Start: 4/27/2016

1 amputation · 2016043492 · 4/27/2016 · NUCOR-LMP INC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: NUCOR-LMP INC
Location: 2000 E 1ST STREET, MARYVILLE, MISSOURI, 64468
NAICS: 331221
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee working in the maintenance shop was adjusting the bolster of a hydraulic press. While the employee was attempting to align the bolster pinhole with a pinhole in the press frame, the bolster came down and amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

Source

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