Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hyster-Yale
Start: 6/6/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017065155 · 6/6/2017 · Hyster-Yale

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 regular operation
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Hyster-Yale
Location: 77 11 Hwy 278, SULLIGENT, ALABAMA, 35586
NAICS: 333924
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust transfer vice clamps while a hydraulic cylinder was in the process of transferring when his right pinky finger was caught between the actuator blocks and amputated to the first joint. The cylinder was unguarded at the time.

Source

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