Amputations

Name: Amputations at Owens-Illinois Glass
Start: 7/26/2016

1 amputation · 2016076811 · 7/26/2016 · Owens-Illinois Glass

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
Secondary source: High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name: Owens-Illinois Glass
Location: 1 Michael Owens Way, PERRYSBURG, OHIO, 43551
NAICS: 327213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on the HVAC when the wind caused the HVAC blades to unexpectedly move, amputating the intermediate phalange of the employee's right middle finger and the distal phalange of the right ring finger.

Source

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