Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lula-Westfield, LLC
Start: 8/26/2018

1 amputation · 2018088807 · 8/26/2018 · Lula-Westfield, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Lula-Westfield, LLC
Location: Hwy 1005, PAINCOURTVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70391
NAICS: 311311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a chunk of lime from the rotary vein of a silo's rotary valve when the rotary vein pulled his right hand into the valve, resulting in a partial right little finger amputation.

Source

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