Amputations

Name: Amputations at Andis Company
Start: 10/24/2019

1 amputation · 20191011119 · 10/24/2019 · Andis 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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Andis Company
Location: 1800 Renaissance Blvd., STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN, 53177
NAICS: 335211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading a press machine prior to pressing a two-handed device. The two-handed device malfunctioned and the press cycled while the employee's finger was in the point of operation. The employee sustained the amputation of the first digit of the left ring finger.

Source

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