Amputations

Name: Amputations at Innovative Hearth Products
Start: 4/29/2020

1 amputation · 2020043958 · 4/29/2020 · Innovative Hearth Products

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Innovative Hearth Products
Location: 1769 Lawrence Street East, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35654
NAICS: 333414
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a parts table with two pallets stacked on top of each other when a pallet shifted, causing the employee's fingers to be caught between the two pallets. As a result, the employee sustained a left middle fingertip amputation.

Source

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