Amputations

Name: Amputations at Packless Industries
Start: 5/8/2020

1 amputation · 2020054334 · 5/8/2020 · Packless Industries

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 regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Packless Industries
Location: 8401 Imperial Dr., WACO, TEXAS, 76712
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee initiated a machine to start a production cycle. His hand was in the path of the machine's closing guard, which closed on and caused the amputation of his left index finger's distal phalanx.

Source

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