Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sub-Zero, Inc.
Start: 8/25/2016

1 amputation · 2016088009 · 8/25/2016 · Sub-Zero, 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: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Sub-Zero, Inc.
Location: 6061 Basswood Drive, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53719
NAICS: 335222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reversing the right-angle pneumatic driver equipped with a tapping bit when the driver caught his glove and twisted it around the tapping bit, damaging his left pinky finger. The pinky finger was amputated at the first joint in the emergency room.

Source

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