Amputations

Name: Amputations at KPS Global
Start: 3/6/2019

1 amputation · 2019032441 · 3/6/2019 · KPS Global

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery

Employer

Name: KPS Global
Location: 4201 N. Beach St., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76137
NAICS: 423740
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance technician was trying to free a piece of metal lodged in a metal roll former. The machine engaged and crushed the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers. The ring finger was amputated.

Source

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