Amputations

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

1 amputation · 2019010300 · 1/10/2019 · Tenneco, 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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tenneco, Inc.
Location: 1601 Highway 49B North, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
NAICS: 336399
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading shocks onto a machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the machine cuff and shock. As a result, the employee's right fifth digit was amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

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