Amputations

Name: Amputations at J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Start: 1/9/2018

1 amputation · 2018010253 · 1/9/2018 · J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Location: 10807 US 59 HWY, WHARTON, TEXAS, 77488
NAICS: 326122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a reciprocating saw and holding the handle/trigger with his right hand. When the reciprocating saw started, it pulled his glove and left fifth finger into the quick lock blade clamp, lacerating and fracturing it. His finger was partially amputated.

Source

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