Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sherwin Williams Product Finishes
Start: 8/9/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087623 · 8/9/2017 · Sherwin Williams Product Finishes

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Paint mixing machinery
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Sherwin Williams Product Finishes
Location: 1570 Old Leonard Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43219
NAICS: 325510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the shaft of a mixer with a solvent soaked rag and reached over to turn down the speed of the mixer. The rag on his hand wrapped around the rotating shaft, pulling on his left middle finger and amputating it at the second knuckle.

Source

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