Amputations

Name: Amputations at Peak to Peak Engineered Railings LLC
Start: 3/30/2018

1 amputation · 2018033090 · 3/30/2018 · Peak to Peak Engineered Railings LLC

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: Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name: Peak to Peak Engineered Railings LLC
Location: 2828 NW Button Road, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66618
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding handrails into a bending machine when his gloved right hand went into the machine, amputating the first digit of one of his fingers above the knuckle.

Source

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