Amputations

Name: Amputations at American Aluminum Extrusions
Start: 4/20/2017

1 amputation · 2017043576 · 4/20/2017 · American Aluminum Extrusions

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: American Aluminum Extrusions
Location: 4416 Louisville Street, CANTON, OHIO, 44705
NAICS: 331316
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a broken bolt on a pneumatic cylinder of a 3,000 ton aluminum extrusion machine and amputated the right thumb at the first knuckle joint. The machine was guarded by distance with a guardrail system. The machine was running at the time.

Source

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