Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at SAF Holland
Start: 4/3/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018043183 · 4/3/2018 · SAF Holland

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: SAF Holland
Location: 1103 S. Main St., DUMAS, ARKANSAS, 71639
NAICS: 336399
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading bushings (a part used in the manufacture of commercial truck suspensions) into a hydraulic press when his hand went between the bushing and the piston of the hydraulic press. His left index finger was crushed, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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