← OSHA severe injury reports

Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191010774 · 10/15/2019 · JOST CHEMICAL CO.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name
JOST CHEMICAL CO.
Location
8150 Lackland Rd., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63114
NAICS
325199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning material from a screen located above a rotary valve when the employee's right index fingertip was caught in the rotary valve, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown