Amputations

Name: Amputations at Thacker Casket Manufacturing, Inc.
Start: 6/4/2021

1 amputation · 2021064546 · 6/4/2021 · Thacker Casket Manufacturing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Thacker Casket Manufacturing, Inc.
Location: 4122 RUSHTON STREET, FLORENCE, ALABAMA, 35630
NAICS: 339995
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing out floor paper under a chain conveyor inside a topcoat cure oven. His left middle finger was pulled into a pinch point between the conveyor's chain and a gear. The skin of the fingertip was degloved, and the fingertip was medically amputated at the first joint.

Source

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