Amputations

Name: Amputations at NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY
Start: 10/1/2018

1 amputation · 20181010123 · 10/1/2018 · NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY
Location: 1320 N Alliance Ave, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
NAICS: 335912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was scraping mud off the inside of a negative paste mixer. The employee's right arm came into contact with vertical mixing blades within the machine, causing amputation of the hand and part of the arm.

Source

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