Amputations

Name: Amputations at G UB MK Constructors
Start: 3/14/2019

1 amputation · 2019032699 · 3/14/2019 · G UB MK Constructors

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 during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: G UB MK Constructors
Location: 13246 St. Route 176, DRAKESBORO, KENTUCKY, 42337
NAICS: 238320
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was using a fusion machine and attempting to clamp a pipe when the machine's vise arm closed and the employee's finger was caught in a shear point of the clamp arm. The employee received a partial finger amputation.

Source

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