Amputations

Name: Amputations at EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
Start: 5/27/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017054887 · 5/27/2017 · EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE

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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
Location: 305 NORTH WOLFE AVENUE, EDWARDS AFB, CALIFORNIA, 93524
NAICS: 928110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was servicing an evaporative cooler and lubricating the bearings when his left index finger was caught and amputated between the belt and the pulley. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Source

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