Amputations

Name: Amputations at Inteplast Group
Start: 4/4/2017

1 amputation · 2017043037 · 4/4/2017 · Inteplast Group

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Inteplast Group
Location: 101 Inteplast Boulevard, LOLITA, TEXAS, 77971
NAICS: 326111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a manual paper cutter and aligning the material to be cut when the cutter arm fell and lacerated the employee's left hand middle finger. The fingertip was amputated in order to close the wound.

Source

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