Amputations

Name: Amputations at Alan Wire Company
Start: 10/29/2020

1 amputation · 20201010275 · 10/29/2020 · Alan Wire 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: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Alan Wire Company
Location: 1500 W. Malone Avenue, SIKESTON, MISSOURI, 63801
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an extrusion take-up machine and caught his gloved hand between the wire and die resulting in amputation of the left index finger at the first knuckle.

Source

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