Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kenworth Truck Company
Start: 4/24/2017

1 amputation · 2017043665 · 4/24/2017 · Kenworth Truck Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: Kenworth Truck Company
Location: 65 Kenworth Drive, CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 45601
NAICS: 336211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to align a bolt in a front disc brake when he dropped the bolt. The employee went to pick it up and his right index finger slipped inside the bolt hole. The hoist was activated at the same time and the employee's index fingertip was amputated.

Source

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