Amputations

Name: Amputations at J.F. Berns Company, Inc.
Start: 12/5/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181212468 · 12/5/2018 · J.F. Berns Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 regular operation
Source: Band saws
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: J.F. Berns Company, Inc.
Location: 11115 Ashburn Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45240
NAICS: 333512
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running the horizontal band saw. As the employee was pulling out the piece of cut tubing the saw blade caught the employee's glove and pulled his hand onto the cutting surface under the blade. The employee sustained the amputation of four fingers from his left hand.

Source

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