Amputations

Name: Amputations at J. Walter Miller Company
Start: 1/2/2020

1 amputation · 2020010023 · 1/2/2020 · J. Walter Miller Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
Secondary source: Walls

Employer

Name: J. Walter Miller Company
Location: 411 East Chestnut Street, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17602
NAICS: 331525
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a powered hand truck to move scrap from a cutoff area to a foundry. The employee's left little finger was rammed into a wall and sustained an open fracture, with amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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