Amputations

Name: Amputations at New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
Start: 7/24/2017

1 amputation · 2017076871 · 7/24/2017 · New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
Location: 175 Jaffrey Road, PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03458
NAICS: 332991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a part into a grinder in the centerless grind area when the employee's left index finger came in contact with the grinding wheel. The finger had to be amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

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