Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tech-Matic Industires, Inc.
Start: 4/17/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017043453 · 4/17/2017 · Tech-Matic Industires, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name: Tech-Matic Industires, Inc.
Location: 17941 Englewood Drive, MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44130
NAICS: 332116
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to roll by hand a steel coil weighing approximately 600 pounds and measuring approximately 48 inches tall and 3 inches wide. The coil was upright and when the employee attempted to roll it, it tipped forward and fell to the ground and the employee fell with it. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation to the first three fingers on her right hand.

Source

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