Amputations

Name: Amputations at WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
Start: 2/8/2017

1 amputation · 2017021245 · 2/8/2017 · WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
Location: 41600 WOLVERINE RD, SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, 74804
NAICS: 331421
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was hand feeding a copper tube into a finning machine with her right hand. The employee rested her left hand on top of the slide gate guard with her fingertips behind the guard. The machine was in the automatic mode. The slide gate activated and amputated her left small fingertip.

Source

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