Amputations

Name: Amputations at Worksource, Inc.
Start: 8/1/2016

1 amputation · 2016087073 · 8/1/2016 · Worksource, Inc.

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 regular operation
Source: Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name: Worksource, Inc.
Location: Darragh Company, LOWELL, ARKANSAS, 72745
NAICS: 561320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was bending rebar when the rebar-bending table he was working at activated while his finger was in the danger area. His left pinky finger was pinched between the machine and the metal rebar, amputating it at the first knuckle.

Source

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