Amputations

Name: Amputations at Precision Strip, Inc.
Start: 10/12/2020

1 amputation · 2020109715 · 10/12/2020 · Precision Strip, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Precision Strip, Inc.
Location: 86 S. Ohio Street, MINSTER, OHIO, 45865
NAICS: 331221
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up slitter knives to be sharpened on a knife grinder when their right middle finger was crushed between a level used to align the grinding wheel and the grinding wheel guard. The employee sustained amputation of their right middle finger between the first and second knuckle.

Source

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