Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ring Power Corporation
Start: 11/7/2017

1 amputation · 20171110721 · 11/7/2017 · Ring Power Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Engine parts and accessories, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders

Employer

Name: Ring Power Corporation
Location: 368 Spanish Creek Drive, PONTE VEDRA, FLORIDA, 32081
NAICS: 532412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a front-end loader's drive sprocket. When he pushed the sprocket over the drive motor, his right middle finger was pinched between the surface of the sprocket and the drive motor, resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

Source

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