Amputations

Name: Amputations at Abbot Diagnostics
Start: 2/14/2020

1 amputation · 2020021479 · 2/14/2020 · Abbot Diagnostics

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Abbot Diagnostics
Location: 1921 Hurd Drive, IRVING, TEXAS, 75038
NAICS: 339112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working inside of the air handling unit and was working on the fan blade belt and pulley system. The employee rotated the fan blade pulley belt and amputated a finger between the fan blade and belt system. The air handling unit was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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