Amputations

Name: Amputations at Knit-Rite, Inc.
Start: 10/3/2017

1 amputation · 2017109490 · 10/3/2017 · Knit-Rite, Inc.

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: Knitting machinery

Employer

Name: Knit-Rite, Inc.
Location: 120 Osage Avenue, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66105
NAICS: 313312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the yarn on a flat bed knitting machine when his body hit the start-up bar, causing the carriage to quickly move and amputate his left thumb.

Source

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