Amputations

Name: Amputations at WVA Manufacturing
Start: 4/12/2019

1 amputation · 2019043798 · 4/12/2019 · WVA Manufacturing

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Forging machinery

Employer

Name: WVA Manufacturing
Location: PO Box 248 Route 60 E, ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25002
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing the carbon set on a furnace. His fingers were caught in the carbon/head intersection of the furnace, causing the partial amputation of his right ring finger and an injury to the right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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