Amputations

Name: Amputations at Agropur, Inc
Start: 6/1/2017

1 amputation · 2017064990 · 6/1/2017 · Agropur, Inc

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: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Secondary source: Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Agropur, Inc
Location: 105 E. 3rd Avenue, WEYAUWEGA, WISCONSIN, 54983
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was picking up a cart with an overhead hoist. While he was rigging it up, a piece of the spreader bar shifted and his left ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the hook and eyelet.

Source

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