Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sejong Alabama, L.L.C.
Start: 2/13/2018

1 amputation · 2018021513 · 2/13/2018 · Sejong Alabama, L.L.C.

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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: Sejong Alabama, L.L.C.
Location: 450 Old Fort Road East, FORT DEPOSIT, ALABAMA, 36032
NAICS: 336350
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working a welding machine and a part got stuck. The employee reached in with his right hand to loosen the part and braced himself on the machine with his left hand. When the part was loosened, the actuators engaged and clamped down on his left hand amputating the tip of his left middle finger.

Source

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