Amputations

Name: Amputations at EMJ and Company
Start: 8/22/2019

1 amputation · 2019088729 · 8/22/2019 · EMJ and Company

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Band saws

Employer

Name: EMJ and Company
Location: 1800 Universal Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64120
NAICS: 332313
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting material with a band saw. He turned off the band saw to straighten the material in the vice. When he pushed the button to close the vice, his left middle finger was still in the vice as it closed, resulting in an amputation of his finger to the first knuckle.

Source

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