Amputations

Name: Amputations at Langston Companies, Inc
Start: 5/29/2018

1 amputation · 2018055226 · 5/29/2018 · Langston Companies, Inc

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Sewing, stitching machinery

Employer

Name: Langston Companies, Inc
Location: 1100 North 7th St, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72301
NAICS: 322220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a sewing machine's feeder belt that was not moving when his right ring and middle fingers went between the belt and the pulley and the machine started, amputating his right ring fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Source

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