Amputations

Name: Amputations at Otis Elevator Company
Start: 11/30/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161111186 · 11/30/2016 · Otis Elevator Company

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

Employer

Name: Otis Elevator Company
Location: Bank of America Parking Garage Elevator, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32202
NAICS: 333921
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a sheave (the mechanism that lowers and raises an elevator) when the sheave rotated. His right middle finger was then caught and amputated between the sheave and the elevator cable.

Source

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