Amputations

Name: Amputations at Merryweather Foam, Inc.
Start: 8/27/2018

1 amputation · 2018088814 · 8/27/2018 · Merryweather Foam, 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: Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Merryweather Foam, Inc.
Location: 11 Brown Street, BARBERTON, OHIO, 44203
NAICS: 326150
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee operating a cutter machine was changing out the foam sizes when his right hand entered the equipment and contacted the cutter blade, amputating his middle and ring fingers at the end of the nailbed. The equipment was locked out at the time.

Source

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