Amputations

Name: Amputations at BEKAERT CORPORATION
Start: 6/29/2016

1 amputation · 2016065818 · 6/29/2016 · BEKAERT CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name: BEKAERT CORPORATION
Location: 1881 BEKAERT DRIVE, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was redrawing a steel wire to reduce the diameter using a redrawing machine. When he attempted to untangle the wire, it amputated his left pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

Source

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