Amputations

Name: Amputations at WATSON METAL MASTERS
Start: 1/30/2017

1 amputation · 2017010945 · 1/30/2017 · WATSON METAL MASTERS

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: Grinders, abraders
Secondary source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name: WATSON METAL MASTERS
Location: 6800 W STAINLESS WAY, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a coping grinder to grind a piece of flat bar. The flat bar gave way and the employee's hand was caught in the machine amputating the left little finger to the second knuckle.

Source

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