Amputations

Name: Amputations at General Cable Industries, Inc.
Start: 2/21/2021

1 amputation · 2021021572 · 2/21/2021 · General Cable Industries, 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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: General Cable Industries, Inc.
Location: 9975 US Highway 80 East, SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS, 75688
NAICS: 339999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing aluminum stuck in a cable stripping machine that had just been turned off. A still spinning blade in the machine pulled in the aluminum and the employee's right index finger. The fingertip was amputated, with the loss of the nail bed.

Source

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