Amputations

Name: Amputations at API Heat Transfer, Inc.
Start: 6/28/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017065938 · 6/28/2017 · API Heat Transfer, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against object or equipment while moving it
Source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name: API Heat Transfer, Inc.
Location: 4700 W. Ironwood Drive, FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN, 53132
NAICS: 332313
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting a 250 lb. steel coil back onto a skid after it had fallen off the skid while placing the skid onto pallet racking. The coil started sliding off again and the sharp edge amputated the right middle fingertip.

Source

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