Amputations

Name: Amputations at Beacon Industries, Inc.
Start: 8/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016087805 · 8/19/2016 · Beacon Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name: Beacon Industries, Inc.
Location: 549 Cedar Street, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06111
NAICS: 336412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a vertical lathe machine. The employee was adjusting the tool holder when it dropped, striking the employee's left pinky finger and amputating the fingertip.

Source

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