Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kaspar Wire Works, Inc.
Start: 10/30/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191011275 · 10/30/2019 · Kaspar Wire Works, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Kaspar Wire Works, Inc.
Location: 4905 North Navarro Street, VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77904
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a press machine when the employee's left middle and ring fingers were caught in the machine, resulting in the amputation of the middle and ring fingertips.

Source

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