Amputations

Name: Amputations at KCS International Inc.
Start: 5/9/2017

1 amputation · 2017054217 · 5/9/2017 · KCS International Inc.

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 regular operation
Source: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: KCS International Inc.
Location: 205 Charles St., OCONTO, WISCONSIN, 54153
NAICS: 336612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting metal pieces in a shear that is operated with a foot control. While he was leaning forward to adjust a piece with his hand, his foot pushed down on the foot control and activated the shear, which then amputated his right middle fingertip.

Source

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