Amputations

Name: Amputations at Felker Brothers Corporation
Start: 10/10/2018

1 amputation · 20181010473 · 10/10/2018 · Felker Brothers Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Felker Brothers Corporation
Location: 1707 East 4th Street, MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54449
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was sanding the head of a stainless steel chisel when the employee's right thumb became caught between a vertical belt sander and the work rest, causing an abrasion that resulted in a partial amputation to the thumb tip.

Source

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