Amputations

Name: Amputations at URS Federal Services
Start: 2/8/2017

1 amputation · 2017021227 · 2/8/2017 · URS Federal Services

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: URS Federal Services
Location: Tobyhanna Army Depot, TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18466
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding a roll into a tube-cutting machine when his hand entered the hopper area of the machine. The internal cutting blade then amputated his right middle finger.

Source

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