Amputations

Name: Amputations at K & K Supply
Start: 7/26/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016076777 · 7/26/2016 · K & K Supply

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Band saws

Employer

Name: K & K Supply
Location: 4717 US-84, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79416
NAICS: 327120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting parts on a band saw and cleaning shavings from the machine when his left hand was caught in the blade, amputating the pinky finger and partially amputating the ring finger. The machine was unguarded and the blade was turning at the time of the incident.

Source

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