Amputations

Name: Amputations at Western Cabinets Inc.
Start: 1/5/2018

1 amputation · 2018010141 · 1/5/2018 · Western Cabinets 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: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Western Cabinets Inc.
Location: 1001 Cedar View Drive, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, 75104
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running a moulder machine when it jammed. The employee turned off the equipment, opened it, and was trying to clear the jam when the machine amputated a finger. The moulder machine had not completely stopped and was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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