Amputations

Name: Amputations at Burrow's Post Frame Supply
Start: 12/21/2016

1 amputation · 20161211832 · 12/21/2016 · Burrow's Post Frame Supply

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: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Burrow's Post Frame Supply
Location: 101 Leaning Tree Road, FORT GIBSON, OKLAHOMA, 74434
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker were working at a machine press to bend metal parts. The employee was placing metal pieces while the coworker operated the machine. The coworker cycled the machine while the employee's fingers were still under it, smashing and fracturing them. The employee's fingers later had to be amputated.

Source

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