Amputations

Name: Amputations at Acuity Brands Lighting
Start: 1/30/2019

1 amputation · 2019011099 · 1/30/2019 · Acuity Brands Lighting

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: Acuity Brands Lighting
Location: 2700 Esters Blvd, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75261
NAICS: 335122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance on the bottom part of a two-piece die. He then tried to install the top die but it was rotating. As he tried to stop it from rotating, his finger was caught between the arm of the die and the track, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

Source

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