Amputations

Name: Amputations at NELSON STUD WELDING
Start: 8/15/2017

1 amputation · 2017087804 · 8/15/2017 · NELSON STUD WELDING

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: NELSON STUD WELDING
Location: 7900 WEST RIDGE ROAD, ELYRIA, OHIO, 44035
NAICS: 332722
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On August 15, 2017, an employee was placing two ends of steel wire in a machine to be welded together when the hydraulic clamp used to hold two ends of a wire together caught and amputated the employee's left ring and pinky fingertips.

Source

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