Amputations

Name: Amputations at SKF USA Incorporated
Start: 1/30/2019

1 amputation · 2019011079 · 1/30/2019 · SKF USA Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Material and personnel hoists

Employer

Name: SKF USA Incorporated
Location: 20 Industrial Drive, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
NAICS: 332991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading the rings into the furnace. The employee was steadying the load with one hand and operating the hoist with the other hand when the lifting device pinched the end of their left middle finger resulting in amputation of one-half inch.

Source

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