Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.
Start: 9/16/2017

1 amputation · 2017098891 · 9/16/2017 · Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.
Location: 1451 Sarasota Center Blvd., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34240
NAICS: 339112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually placing components to be heat welded to film when the employee noticed that the film was sticking to the front of the hole cutter. As the employee was attempting to remove the sticking film, the cutter activated and amputated the right middle fingertip.

Source

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