Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wisenbaker Builder Services
Start: 10/24/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171010425 · 10/24/2017 · Wisenbaker Builder Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Wisenbaker Builder Services
Location: 404 Hawkin St., HILLSBORO, TEXAS, 76645
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a joiner while wearing gloves when his glove was caught in the joiner. His finger was then pulled into the joiner, and his fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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