Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nova Coil, Inc.
Start: 1/10/2019

1 amputation · 2019010295 · 1/10/2019 · Nova Coil, 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 regular operation
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified

Employer

Name: Nova Coil, Inc.
Location: 5401 W Franklin Dr,, FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN, 53132
NAICS: 334416
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee cycled a saw/weld machine using the two-handed control. The machine did not immediately cycle so the employee attempted to pull the workpiece out. The machine then cycled and amputated the first digit of the employee's left index finger.

Source

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