Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nemak Corporation
Start: 8/12/2016

1 amputation · 2016087565 · 8/12/2016 · Nemak Corporation

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, n.e.c.
Source: Casting machinery

Employer

Name: Nemak Corporation
Location: 4243 Gateway Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
NAICS: 331523
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

As an employee was verifying that the air pressure on a die-cast machine was at the correct level, the valve actuated and amputated the employee's third right-hand distal phalange.

Source

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