Amputations

Name: Amputations at Brost Foundry
Start: 4/14/2021

1 amputation · 2021043118 · 4/14/2021 · Brost Foundry

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Brost Foundry
Location: 198 Wayne Street, MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44902
NAICS: 331529
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On April 14, 2021, at 7:30 AM, an employee was throwing a 78-pound casting into a wire basket when the flashing on the casting caught their leather glove and pinched their right middle finger between the two castings, resulting in an amputation.

Source

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