Amputations

Name: Amputations at BEKAERT CORPORATION
Start: 4/13/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018043544 · 4/13/2018 · BEKAERT CORPORATION

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: BEKAERT CORPORATION
Location: 301 DARLINGTON DRIVE, ROME, GEORGIA, 30161
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to thread a drawblock on a dry drawing machine by placing a come-a-long chain on the drawblock head when the machine malfunctioned, causing the drawblock to suddenly turn. The chain then tightened and pinched the employee's right ring finger, causing an open fracture and amputating the fingertip.

Source

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