Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lincoln Manufacturing, Inc
Start: 5/8/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017054155 · 5/8/2017 · Lincoln Manufacturing, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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, n.e.c.
Source: Threading and tapping machines

Employer

Name: Lincoln Manufacturing, Inc
Location: 5301 Polk St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77023
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping an operator set up a pipe threading line. The employee was loosening a part on the pipe threading line when the set-up operator turned a switch on to move the pipe into a CNC machine. The CNC machine then amputated the employee's right index finger.

Source

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