Amputations

Name: Amputations at JLG Industries, Inc.
Start: 9/6/2018

1 amputation · 2018099237 · 9/6/2018 · JLG Industries, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: JLG Industries, Inc.
Location: 441 Weber Lane, BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15522
NAICS: 333923
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a keeper pin with another employee when the keeper pin released more easily than expected and the pin removal tool slipped into the opening of the frame. The employee's fingertip was caught between the head of the pin removal tool and the turn table, amputating a portion of the fingernail.

Source

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