Amputations

Name: Amputations at GVS North America
Start: 11/18/2019

1 amputation · 20191111982 · 11/18/2019 · GVS North America

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered

Employer

Name: GVS North America
Location: 63 Community Drive, SANFORD, MAINE, 04073
NAICS: 333999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were putting two pieces of tooling together. As the two pieces were hammered together, an employee's left index finger was caught between the two pieces. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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