Amputations

Name: Amputations at American Gypsum
Start: 7/13/2016

1 amputation · 2016076320 · 7/13/2016 · American Gypsum

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: American Gypsum
Location: 740 Hwy 6, GYPSUM, COLORADO, 81637
NAICS: 327420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the end tape in a bundler machine and the employee's hand was in the path of the product. The product pushed his hand into the wall resulting in a partial amputation of his right middle finger.

Source

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