Amputations

Name: Amputations at ORBITAL ENERGY SERVICES CORP.
Start: 7/17/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076596 · 7/17/2017 · ORBITAL ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

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, unspecified
Source: Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name: ORBITAL ENERGY SERVICES CORP.
Location: 2250 Atlanta Hwy., GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30504
NAICS: 332911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While polishing a throttle valve stem in front of a CNC lathe, an employee was caught in the machine, suffering left arm fractures, a pinky finger amputation, and damage to other left-hand fingers.

Source

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