Amputations

Name: Amputations at Buffalo Rock Company
Start: 4/27/2016

1 amputation · 2016043502 · 4/27/2016 · Buffalo Rock Company

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, unspecified
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Buffalo Rock Company
Location: 111 Oxmoor Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35226
NAICS: 312111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to turn off the conveyor using the control sequence lights when his left glove was caught and pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Source

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