Amputations

Name: Amputations at CLIFTON MOULDING CORP.
Start: 11/15/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181111783 · 11/15/2018 · CLIFTON MOULDING CORP.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: CLIFTON MOULDING CORP.
Location: 100 S AVENUE B, CLIFTON, TEXAS, 76634
NAICS: 321918
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was grading mouldings on a moulder machine. When she attempted to blow off the machine with an air hose, her hand went between the guard and the moulder head. The moulder cutter head amputated her right thumb and index fingers from the end of the nailbed to the tip.

Source

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