Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc.
Start: 2/14/2017

1 amputation · 2017021468 · 2/14/2017 · Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc.

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, unspecified
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc.
Location: 400 Mueller Rd., FULTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38843
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's left thumb was caught between a hydraulic clamp and the copper tube that was in the clamp. The thumb was surgically amputated at the last knuckle.

Source

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