Amputations

Name: Amputations at Barnes Aerospace
Start: 9/12/2017

1 amputation · 2017098744 · 9/12/2017 · Barnes Aerospace

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Barnes Aerospace
Location: 9826 Crescent Park Drive, WEST CHESTER, OHIO, 45069
NAICS: 332119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a 130-pound fixture onto a platform cart using a motorized lift when his left thumb was caught between the fixture and the cart, amputating his thumb tip.

Source

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