Amputations

Name: Amputations at John W. Danforth Company
Start: 6/21/2018

1 amputation · 2018066152 · 6/21/2018 · John W. Danforth Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: John W. Danforth Company
Location: Lackawanna High School, LACKAWANNA, NEW YORK, 14218
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a threaded rod with a portable bandsaw. The saw jumped and struck his left hand, cutting and pulling his cut-resistant glove into the guard and amputating the tip of his left index finger.

Source

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