Amputations

Name: Amputations at BASF - Chemical Co.
Start: 7/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016076550 · 7/19/2016 · BASF - Chemical Co.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Stacking machinery

Employer

Name: BASF - Chemical Co.
Location: 9658 State Rt. 43, STREETSBORO, OHIO, 44241
NAICS: 236115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 7/19/2016, an employee was performing maintenance on a palletizer lift elevator. The lift platform was elevated about 3 inches with a chain fall in order to adjust the lower jack bolts. The elevator dropped, crushing the employee's left index finger between the jack bolt and palletizer elevator resulting in an amputation close to the second knuckle on the left index finger.

Source

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