Amputations

Name: Amputations at Paper Systems, Inc.
Start: 8/7/2018

1 amputation · 2018088051 · 8/7/2018 · Paper Systems, Inc.

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: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name: Paper Systems, Inc.
Location: 185 South Pioneer Blvd., SPRINGBORO, OHIO, 45066
NAICS: 322222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee manually pushed an unwind shaft into the mill roll and got his right ring finger pinched between the shaft bearing and the mill roll resulting in amputation just below the fingertip at the first knuckle.

Source

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