Amputations

Name: Amputations at Polk Mechanical Company
Start: 5/26/2020

1 amputation · 2020054875 · 5/26/2020 · Polk Mechanical Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Clothing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Polk Mechanical Company
Location: 10864 Texas Health Trail, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76244
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with a pipe grooving machine when an article of his clothing was caught in the machine. As he was attempting to remove the article of clothing, his right index and middle fingers were amputated by the machine.

Source

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