← OSHA severe injury reports

Amputations

1 amputation · 2021086963 · 8/16/2021 · Preformed Line Products

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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Preformed Line Products
Location
2740 South 1st Street, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72758
NAICS
335932
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a forming machine when her fingers contacted the rollers that pull wire through the machine, resulting in a pinched ring finger and injuries to the little finger that required amputation down to the middle phalange. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown