Amputations

Name: Amputations at General Motors
Start: 7/14/2019

1 amputation · 2019077116 · 7/14/2019 · General Motors

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 regular operation
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: General Motors
Location: 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
NAICS: 336111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were working on a tooling cross bar section. One employee had his right hand on top of a pneumatically controlled front tilt head. The tilt head actuated and pinched the tip of his right ring finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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