Amputations

Name: Amputations at EMP Manufacturing, Inc.
Start: 12/3/2018

1 amputation · 20181212378 · 12/3/2018 · EMP Manufacturing, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-screw, auger

Employer

Name: EMP Manufacturing, Inc.
Location: 220 North Freeport Parkway, COPPELL, TEXAS, 75019
NAICS: 325611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean out clogged product from the bottom gate of an industrial mixer screw conveyor when the screw caught his left index finger, resulting in the amputation of his finger to the first knuckle. The conveyor was running at the time of the incident.

Source

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