Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lewis Food Town, Inc.
Start: 12/13/2017

1 amputation · 20171211835 · 12/13/2017 · Lewis Food Town, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Lewis Food Town, Inc.
Location: 3316 South Shaver, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting meat using a band saw when the blade cut the bottom of his right index fingertip below the nail. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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