Amputations

Name: Amputations at EJ-Ardmore Foundry, Inc.
Start: 12/14/2017

1 amputation · 20171211889 · 12/14/2017 · EJ-Ardmore Foundry, 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: Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name: EJ-Ardmore Foundry, Inc.
Location: 270 Redwing Road, ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, 73401
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On December 14, 2017, at about 10:35 p.m., an employee was rotating a manhole cover on a vertical turret lathe when his gloved right ring finger was caught between the part and the machine head. His right ring finger distal phalanx was surgically amputated.

Source

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