Amputations

Name: Amputations at EJ-Ardmore Foundry, Inc.
Start: 12/9/2019

1 amputation · 20191212621 · 12/9/2019 · EJ-Ardmore Foundry, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: EJ-Ardmore Foundry, Inc.
Location: 270 Redwing Road, ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, 73401
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to locate the cause of a noise in the cooling fan of a piece of lab equipment. The employee was tapping the fan blade when his right index finger was caught in the blade, causing a fingertip amputation. The fan's cover was removed at the time of the incident.

Source

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