Amputations

Name: Amputations at First Co.
Start: 1/18/2019

1 amputation · 2019010631 · 1/18/2019 · First Co.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Arm saws, radial arm saws

Employer

Name: First Co.
Location: 8208 Moberly Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75227
NAICS: 333415
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a wood shop, using a table-mounted radial arm saw to cut wood for pallets. As he turned after deactivating the saw, the saw blade cut his finger, causing an amputation. The part of the blade that cut him was not guarded at the time.

Source

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