Amputations

Name: Amputations at TABER EXTRUSIONS, LLC
Start: 6/8/2017

1 amputation · 2017065221 · 6/8/2017 · TABER EXTRUSIONS, LLC

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: TABER EXTRUSIONS, LLC
Location: 1900 34TH STREET, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39501
NAICS: 331316
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a block from an extruder vise when the employee's left ring finger was caught and crushed between the block and the vise. The finger had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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