Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pioneer Custom
Start: 5/14/2018

1 amputation · 2018054686 · 5/14/2018 · Pioneer Custom

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Pioneer Custom
Location: 113 Pecan Drive, SCHERTZ, TEXAS, 78154
NAICS: 238350
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a jointer/lathe when a small strand from his protective gloves became caught in the machine. The small strand forced his right index finger into the blade of the rotary spindle and he sustained a partial amputation to his right index fingertip.

Source

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