Amputations

Name: Amputations at Davis Iron & Metals
Start: 10/27/2021

1 amputation · 2021109257 · 10/27/2021 · Davis Iron & Metals

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 regular operation
Source: Shearing machines
Secondary source: Lubricating greases, cutting oils

Employer

Name: Davis Iron & Metals
Location: 2610 Wheeler Avenue, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72901
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting copper tubing with an alligator shear. Oil from the copper tubing got onto the employee's gloves causing the employee's left hand to slip into the jaw of the shear. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip.

Source

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