Amputations

Name: Amputations at VT Industries, Inc.
Start: 5/3/2018

1 amputation · 2018054322 · 5/3/2018 · VT Industries, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: VT Industries, Inc.
Location: 1732 Universal City Blvd, UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS, 78148
NAICS: 321911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a jointer to shape some wood when his left hand slipped and contacted the tooling/blade. He suffered a partial amputation of his left middle finger and a possible ring fingertip amputation.

Source

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