Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sharpline Converting, Inc.
Start: 11/13/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181111678 · 11/13/2018 · Sharpline Converting, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary source: Presses-printing

Employer

Name: Sharpline Converting, Inc.
Location: 1520 S Tyler, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
NAICS: 323111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker were retrieving a large aluminum-frame screen from among several other aluminum-frame screens. One of the screens hit the employee's left index finger, catching it against the side of a press and causing an amputation to the fingertip.

Source

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