Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kalmbach Trucking
Start: 9/4/2021

1 amputation · 2021097625 · 9/4/2021 · Kalmbach Trucking

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name: Kalmbach Trucking
Location: 7148 State Hwy 199, UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, 43351
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading animal feed from a trailer through an auger. The feed got plugged, and the employee was clearing the auger when his left hand was caught in it. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger.

Source

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