Amputations

Name: Amputations at Growmark
Start: 8/10/2016

1 amputation · 2016087447 · 8/10/2016 · Growmark

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-screw, auger

Employer

Name: Growmark
Location: 1694 North Center Avenue, SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA, 15501
NAICS: 325314
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a clump of fertilizer from a screw conveyor when two fingers on his left hand became caught and partially amputated in the conveyor.

Source

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