Amputations

Name: Amputations at Engineered Wire Products
Start: 8/25/2017

1 amputation · 2017088191 · 8/25/2017 · Engineered Wire Products

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: Engineered Wire Products
Location: 3121 West Market Street, WARREN, OHIO, 44485
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to repair an automatic welder when the operator cycled the machine, which amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Source

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