Amputations

Name: Amputations at J.F. Ahern Co.
Start: 10/24/2017

1 amputation · 20171010195 · 10/24/2017 · J.F. Ahern Co.

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 regular operation
Source: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery

Employer

Name: J.F. Ahern Co.
Location: 201 Morris Ct., FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54936
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a roll groover to press a groove into the ends of pipe for coupling purposes. He was checking the depth of the groove with his right index finger when it was caught in the point of operation, amputating it between the first and second knuckle.

Source

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