Amputations

Name: Amputations at PRESRITE CORPORATION
Start: 2/15/2019

1 amputation · 2019021746 · 2/15/2019 · PRESRITE CORPORATION

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: PRESRITE CORPORATION
Location: 3665 E. 78TH ST., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
NAICS: 332111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting steel stock on a shear machine. The stock kicked back when it got to the end of the steel bar and pushed the employee's right index finger into the machine's pinch roller. The employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

Source

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