Amputations

Name: Amputations at QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY
Start: 8/31/2018

1 amputation · 2018089046 · 8/31/2018 · QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY
Location: 1200 N. MAIN STREET, ORRVILLE, OHIO, 44667
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was picking up a 56-pound casting piece out of an elevated tub that was full of casting pieces when another casting piece became dislodged and fell against the employee's left hand, causing a partial fifth fingertip amputation.

Source

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