Amputations

Name: Amputations at Upright Steel Fabricators and Erectors LLC
Start: 8/1/2017

1 amputation · 2017087280 · 8/1/2017 · Upright Steel Fabricators and Erectors 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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Brake presses

Employer

Name: Upright Steel Fabricators and Erectors LLC
Location: 1335 East 171st Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44110
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of metal using the press brake and his foot got stuck in the lever that operates the machine. The press cycled while his hand was on the piece of metal and his thumb was smashed between the side of the press and the piece of metal. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated.

Source

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