Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kohler Company
Start: 10/17/2019

1 amputation · 20191010892 · 10/17/2019 · Kohler Company

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: Kohler Company
Location: 4601 Hwy 377 South, BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, 76801
NAICS: 327111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was aligning a mold with his finger using a hydraulic jack trolley when the valve power brake was pressed which lowered the valve onto the employee's middle finger and amputated the fingertip below the nail.

Source

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