Amputations

Name: Amputations at North American Pipe Corporation
Start: 6/16/2018

1 amputation · 2018065933 · 6/16/2018 · North American Pipe Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: North American Pipe Corporation
Location: 3348 Industrial Drive, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, 76306
NAICS: 332996
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling a pipe out of a pipe cutting machine when the pipe fell on his finger. As he pulled his finger out, the end of the pipe amputated the pad of his right index finger.

Source

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