Amputations

Name: Amputations at Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
Start: 7/23/2021

1 amputation · 2021077497 · 7/23/2021 · Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
Location: Bldg 6088 Mokapu Rd, M C B H KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, 96863
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was preparing to make a cardboard bale using the box baler. He was unjamming a piece when his fingertip was caught between a chain and the wall of the machine resulting in amputation.

Source

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