Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nemak Corporation
Start: 10/17/2016

1 amputation · 2016109770 · 10/17/2016 · 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 during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was working on a trim cell unit where engine blocks are trimmed out. As he was picking up the block, he was wearing a hot mill style glove. His pinky went into the chain belt and was caught between the backside of the chain belt and the guard. His left pinky finger was amputated.

Source

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