Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
Start: 6/24/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018066257 · 6/24/2018 · NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
Location: 400 MARSHALL RD., PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, 96860
NAICS: 928110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was placing a channel iron inside an automated vise to secure the iron for cutting with a bandsaw. The vise automatically closed while the employee's left ring finger was between it and the channel iron causing an avulsion injury and hospitalization.

Source

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