Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bouckaert Industrial Textile, Inc.
Start: 5/31/2016

1 amputation · 2016054819 · 5/31/2016 · Bouckaert Industrial Textile, 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: Picking, carding, combing machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Bouckaert Industrial Textile, Inc.
Location: 235 Singleton Street, WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, 02895
NAICS: 313210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 5/31/16, a worker sustained the amputation of several fingers from his left hand while attempting to clean fluff material from the side of a doffer roll on a carding line while the machine was running.

Source

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