Amputations

Name: Amputations at ZL Plastics
Start: 10/9/2017

1 amputation · 2017109694 · 10/9/2017 · ZL Plastics

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Boring, routing, notching machines

Employer

Name: ZL Plastics
Location: 10908 Strang Line Rd, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
NAICS: 326121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean the head of a router machine when the blade amputated his left index finger and broke his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was running at the time.

Source

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