Amputations

Name: Amputations at Irwin Industrial Tool Company
Start: 7/10/2018

1 amputation · 2018076925 · 7/10/2018 · Irwin Industrial Tool Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
Location: 301 CHESTNUT STREET, EAST LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS, 01028
NAICS: 332213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was aligning a grinding wheel when the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the wheel and flywheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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