Amputations

Name: Amputations at VT Hackney, Inc.
Start: 8/29/2017

1 amputation · 2017088298 · 8/29/2017 · VT Hackney, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Air compressors

Employer

Name: VT Hackney, Inc.
Location: 300 Hackney Ave, INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, 67301
NAICS: 336211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was evaluating an electric air compressor. He removed the housing for the fan and put his hand by the fan to feel for air flow. The compressor was running at the time and the employee's hand was hit by the fan blade. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger.

Source

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