Amputations

Name: Amputations at Frontier Ag, Inc.
Start: 12/18/2018

1 amputation · 20181212942 · 12/18/2018 · Frontier Ag, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Frontier Ag, Inc.
Location: 100 S. Railroad, GRINNELL, KANSAS, 67738
NAICS: 424510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Three employees were sliding new auger flighting into a bin. The piece of flighting was 30' long and had to slide across an electric motor mount bracket. The injured employee's left index finger was caught at the pinch point created by the flighting and the motor mount bracket. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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