Amputations

Name: Amputations at JMS RUSSEL METALS CORP.
Start: 5/16/2017

1 amputation · 2017054459 · 5/16/2017 · JMS RUSSEL METALS CORP.

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, unspecified
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: JMS RUSSEL METALS CORP.
Location: 5027 N. COUNTY ROAD 1015, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was leaning against a guard that rotates a product conveyor when his glove became caught in a gap on the conveyor and began rotating. As he pulled his hand out of the glove, his left ring fingertip and nail were amputated.

Source

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