Amputations

Name: Amputations at IFS Industries, Inc.
Start: 4/17/2019

1 amputation · 2019043925 · 4/17/2019 · IFS Industries, Inc.

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: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: IFS Industries, Inc.
Location: 2222 Lonnecker Dr., GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
NAICS: 325510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee using an air nozzle to blow out a grinder sustained a finger amputation when the grinder energized and the shredding wheel pulled the air nozzle and the employee's hand toward the wheel.

Source

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