Amputations

Name: Amputations at MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY
Start: 3/19/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019032866 · 3/19/2019 · MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Cranes, unspecified
Secondary source: Containers, unspecified

Employer

Name: MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY
Location: 503 Main Street, SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI, 63780
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just lowered a partially filled carrier of wire onto a machine turntable and was disengaging the crane hook from the carrier. The hook raised, and the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated between it and the carrier.

Source

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