Amputations

Name: Amputations at KAWNEER COMPANY, INC.
Start: 1/8/2020

1 amputation · 2020010226 · 1/8/2020 · KAWNEER COMPANY, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: KAWNEER COMPANY, INC.
Location: 600 KAWNEER DRIVE, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72765
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were repositioning an extrusion press's tail stretcher. The head stretcher was moved closer to the tail stretcher while one employee's right hand was on the material flow table. His little finger was pinched between the metal and the table, suffering an amputation.

Source

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