Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
Start: 12/6/2018

1 amputation · 20181212526 · 12/6/2018 · Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Beams-unattached metal
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
Location: 3409 Crooked Run Road, NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO, 44663
NAICS: 562212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was painting structural beams on a cart. When it came time to flip the beam with the help of other employees, the beam pinched the injured employee's left index finger between it and the cart causing a partial amputation.

Source

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