Amputations

Name: Amputations at BM SCRAP & RECYCLE COLLECTORS, LLC
Start: 8/31/2018

1 amputation · 2018089038 · 8/31/2018 · BM SCRAP & RECYCLE COLLECTORS, 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 regular operation
Source: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: BM SCRAP & RECYCLE COLLECTORS, LLC
Location: 5835 Plunkett St, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, 33023
NAICS: 562920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a metal piece with a shear and suffered an amputation injury to the right thumb. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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