Amputations

Name: Amputations at Burgess and Dudley, Inc.
Start: 10/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016109848 · 10/19/2016 · Burgess and Dudley, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Electric parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Burgess and Dudley, Inc.
Location: 1607 NW 202 Street, NEWBERRY, FLORIDA, 32669
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding wire to a wire stripping machine when he noticed that the wire had a loop in it. He reached to get the loop out and while his left thumb was in the loop the machine tightened the loop resulting in the amputation of the tip of his left thumb.

Source

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