Amputations

Name: Amputations at KLEAR-VU CORPORATION
Start: 11/10/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201111260 · 11/10/2020 · KLEAR-VU CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: KLEAR-VU CORPORATION
Location: 600 Airport Road, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02720
NAICS: 314999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While an employee was clearing a jam on a polyester filling machine, a pneumatically controlled door closed on his right ring fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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