Amputations

Name: Amputations at TOKAI CARBON
Start: 6/7/2019

1 amputation · 2019065757 · 6/7/2019 · TOKAI CARBON

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: TOKAI CARBON
Location: 3931 CARBON PLANT RD., OZARK, ARKANSAS, 72949
NAICS: 335991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a manipulator (a piece of equipment used to lift a 50- to 100-pound connecting pin). The employee's right ring finger was caught between the manipulator's handlebar and a metal workstation desk; the fingertip was amputated.

Source

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