Amputations

Name: Amputations at DAP Products Inc.
Start: 10/12/2019

1 amputation · 20191010683 · 10/12/2019 · DAP Products Inc.

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: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: DAP Products Inc.
Location: 13555 Jupiter Road, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75238
NAICS: 325520
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a stem cartridge filling machine when his left index finger was caught between a pneumatic plunger and the frame of the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The air source was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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