Amputations

Name: Amputations at FRONTIER AG INC
Start: 9/14/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016098717 · 9/14/2016 · FRONTIER AG INC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: FRONTIER AG INC
Location: 100 RAILROAD AVE, GRINNELL, KANSAS, 67738
NAICS: 424510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeling for a hole that needed to be patched on the outside of a corn leg's steel housing, which was leaking grain. The employee's left index finger entered the leg and was amputated above the first knuckle. The corn leg was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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