Amputations

Name: Amputations at Little Tikes Company
Start: 12/17/2016

1 amputation · 20161211719 · 12/17/2016 · Little Tikes Company

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Little Tikes Company
Location: 2180 Barlow Rd., HUDSON, OHIO, 44236
NAICS: 451120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On December 17, 2016, an employee was attempting to clear a jam during a plastic grinding process when the airlock's rotating mechanical paddle wheel caught the employee's hand. The employee's left middle and ring fingers were amputated at the second knuckle.

Source

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