Amputations

Name: Amputations at Fastenal Company
Start: 5/30/2018

1 amputation · 2018055275 · 5/30/2018 · Fastenal 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: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Fastenal Company
Location: 9911 Woodend Road, EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS, 66111
NAICS: 423840
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was greasing the chain on a running conveyor belt. Their left hand fingers were caught in the conveyor/chain resulting in amputation (past the fingertip) to three to four fingers.

Source

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