Amputations

Name: Amputations at O'FALLON CASTING
Start: 3/11/2020

1 amputation · 2020032312 · 3/11/2020 · O'FALLON CASTING

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: O'FALLON CASTING
Location: 600 Cannonball Lane, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
NAICS: 331521
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam in a line so that flour would feed from a hopper. The employee's right middle finger was caught between a chain and a hook; the first digit of the right middle finger was amputated.

Source

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