Amputations

Name: Amputations at General Tool Company
Start: 4/16/2019

1 amputation · 2019043872 · 4/16/2019 · General Tool Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: General Tool Company
Location: 900 Glendale Milford, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45215
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Three employees were working on a welding positioner. One of them was installing a belt when it caught their finger, injuring the finger and necessitating a partial amputation during surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Source

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