Amputations

Name: Amputations at ACME BRICK COMPANY
Start: 10/1/2017

1 amputation · 2017109439 · 10/1/2017 · ACME BRICK COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: ACME BRICK COMPANY
Location: 6005 PETERS SAN FELIPE RD, SEALY, TEXAS, 77474
NAICS: 423320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually rotating an extruder machine's flywheel to align the hole with a pin. The flywheel rolled, and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the extruder's belt and pulley, amputating it just behind the nail.

Source

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