Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Start: 7/27/2018

1 amputation · 2018077652 · 7/27/2018 · Ahresty Wilmington 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: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Secondary source: Dies, molds, patterns

Employer

Name: Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Location: 2627 S. South Street, WILMINGTON, OHIO, 45177
NAICS: 331315
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to pull a 12" die when a synthetic web sling that was being hoisted by an overhead crane slid unexpectedly back down the shaft of the die, catching an employee's left thumb between the sling and the die. The employee's left thumb was amputated.

Source

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