Amputations

Name: Amputations at H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
Start: 7/6/2020

1 amputation · 2020076305 · 7/6/2020 · H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
Location: 107 Highland Street, MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16662
NAICS: 316210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been using a trimming machine with a 1-inch-diameter radial blade to trim off excess leather shoe material. While he was moving a case of finished trimmed work, the blade nipped his left middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations.

Source

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