Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lamons Gasket
Start: 12/4/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171211524 · 12/4/2017 · Lamons Gasket

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name: Lamons Gasket
Location: 7300 Airport Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
NAICS: 339991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a small bending machine to bend a stainless 1/4 inch wide by 8 feet long metal rod into a circle. He was routing the material into the rollers when his fingers were caught in the rollers, resulting in a right middle finger amputation, first index (nail section).

Source

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