Amputations

Name: Amputations at Coastal Machine and Mechanical
Start: 8/16/2018

1 amputation · 2018088430 · 8/16/2018 · Coastal Machine and Mechanical

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Coastal Machine and Mechanical
Location: 500 College Blvd., LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, 77566
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had changed a bearing on a fan (air handling unit) and was manually checking (rotating by hand) the tension of a drive belt he had reinstalled when his left hand was pulled between the motor and the drive belt pulley, resulting in a left ring finger amputation.

Source

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