Amputations

Name: Amputations at Rockline Industries
Start: 1/25/2019

1 amputation · 2019010898 · 1/25/2019 · Rockline Industries

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: Formers-paper production

Employer

Name: Rockline Industries
Location: 500 Industrial Blvd, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
NAICS: 322219
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just finished maintenance on a case erecter and had removed lock out from the machine to re-energize it. As he was explaining to another employee what he had done, the machine cycled and amputated his left middle finger.

Source

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