Amputations

Name: Amputations at Great Lakes Polymer Technologies, LLC.
Start: 12/28/2018

1 amputation · 20181213245 · 12/28/2018 · Great Lakes Polymer Technologies, LLC.

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, unspecified
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Great Lakes Polymer Technologies, LLC.
Location: 701 E. A Ave., KINGMAN, KANSAS, 67068
NAICS: 314991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking/standing and waiting for instructions on the floor next to a machine, when his right hand became entangled by the fiber and the machine. The middle finger was amputated.

Source

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