Amputations

Name: Amputations at AEROFIL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Start: 3/8/2021

1 amputation · 2021032019 · 3/8/2021 · AEROFIL TECHNOLOGY, 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: AEROFIL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Location: 225 INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE, SULLIVAN, MISSOURI, 63080
NAICS: 325998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a valve seater machine on an aerosol production line when the machine malfunctioned. While unjamming the machine, the employee's hand was caught on a belt which pulled her fingers into the machine and amputated her index finger below the first knuckle.

Source

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