Amputations

Name: Amputations at COVIDIEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Start: 5/28/2019

1 amputation · 2019055322 · 5/28/2019 · COVIDIEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: COVIDIEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Location: 60 Middletown Avenue, NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06473
NAICS: 339112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a testing machine and cleaning the laser. The machine has a rotating table above a hole where the laser shines through. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the edge of the hole opening and the rotating table when the machine was activated resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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