Amputations

Name: Amputations at Blue Bird Body Company
Start: 2/13/2019

1 amputation · 2019021650 · 2/13/2019 · Blue Bird Body Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Blue Bird Body Company
Location: 402 Blue Bird Blvd., FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, 31030
NAICS: 485113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was observing/testing a five-spindle nut runner machine (wheel torque wrench) after preventive maintenance was completed and suffered a partial thumb amputation after contacting one of the five rotating spindles. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

Source

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