Amputations

Name: Amputations at Swagelok Company
Start: 7/26/2016

1 amputation · 2016076817 · 7/26/2016 · Swagelok Company

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: Swagelok Company
Location: 15400 Foltz Industrial Parkway, STRONGSVILLE, OHIO, 44149
NAICS: 332919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading stock material in a CNC machine when the machine became jammed. As the employee attempted to remove the jam, the machine cycled and amputated 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch of the employee's right middle finger.

Source

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