Amputations

Name: Amputations at Fastenal Company
Start: 10/8/2021

1 amputation · 2021108702 · 10/8/2021 · Fastenal Company

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, n.e.c.
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name: Fastenal Company
Location: 1225 Mid-Valley Drive, JESSUP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18434
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a conveyor that was under lockout. The moving parts of a nearby conveyor pulled in a rag he had wrapped around his left hand, and his index fingertip was amputated. The operating conveyor was not guarded at the time.

Source

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