Amputations

Name: Amputations at Picoma Industries
Start: 9/17/2016

1 amputation · 2016098813 · 9/17/2016 · Picoma Industries

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 during regular operation
Source: Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name: Picoma Industries
Location: 9208 Jeffrey Drive, CAMBRIDGE, OHIO, 43725
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a bender machine to bend 4x45x36 conduit elbows. As he went to remove an elbow from the bender, the bender's rear clamp closed, pinching and amputated fingers on his right hand.

Source

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