Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ferrara Fire Apparatus
Start: 10/16/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181010671 · 10/16/2018 · Ferrara Fire Apparatus

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Band saws

Employer

Name: Ferrara Fire Apparatus
Location: 27855 james Chapel North rd., HOLDEN, LOUISIANA, 70744
NAICS: 336112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of angle iron with a horizontal fixed-stand band saw when the employee's left index finger entered the point of operation. The blade then amputated the employee's left index fingertip just below the cuticle.

Source

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