Amputations

Name: Amputations at Golden Aluminum, Inc.
Start: 7/5/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076154 · 7/5/2017 · Golden Aluminum, Inc.

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Golden Aluminum, Inc.
Location: 1405 E. 14th St., FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, 80621
NAICS: 331315
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was wiping shavings from the blade of a chopper machine when the chopper amputated his pinky finger and the tip of his ring finger. The machine was active at the time of the incident.

Source

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