Amputations

Name: Amputations at SPX Corporation
Start: 4/29/2017

1 amputation · 2017043803 · 4/29/2017 · SPX Corporation

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: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: SPX Corporation
Location: 1200 W Marley Rd, OLATHE, KANSAS, 66051
NAICS: 453930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dropping a fill cube into a basin when it was caught on bolts installed inside the basin. He pushed on the fill cube with his hand to free the fill cube. When the cube was freed it pinched his right hand between the casing panel and the basin, amputating his right index fingertip.

Source

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