Amputations

Name: Amputations at Golden West Plastering Company
Start: 4/5/2018

1 amputation · 2018043274 · 4/5/2018 · Golden West Plastering Company

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral

Employer

Name: Golden West Plastering Company
Location: 4800 Riley Fuzzel Road, SPRING, TEXAS, 77386
NAICS: 238140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adding mortar to a mixer when he noticed some build-up inside the mixer. He was attempting to clean the build-up when the mixer's rotating blade caught his gloved left hand, amputating his index finger and damaging his middle finger (possible amputation).

Source

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