Amputations

Name: Amputations at KOHLER CO.
Start: 7/22/2016

1 amputation · 2016076680 · 7/22/2016 · KOHLER 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: KOHLER CO.
Location: 444 Highland Dr., KOHLER, WISCONSIN, 53044
NAICS: 332998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On July 22, 2016, at approximately 4:57 a.m., an employee was attempting to clean a jammed chute when a gate closed and pinched his finger(s) resulting in an amputation to his right index finger just past the first knuckle.

Source

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