Amputations

Name: Amputations at Berger Horticultural Products, LTD
Start: 1/11/2018

1 amputation · 2018010370 · 1/11/2018 · Berger Horticultural Products, LTD

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Berger Horticultural Products, LTD
Location: 8822 Texas Highway 19 North, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, 75482
NAICS: 325314
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pointing to the belt and pulley of a bagging machine, explaining adjustments that were made previously in the day, when his right index finger was pulled between the belt and the pulley, amputating his fingertip.

Source

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