Amputations

Name: Amputations at Franklin Manufacturing, Inc.
Start: 12/15/2021

1 amputation · 20211210741 · 12/15/2021 · Franklin Manufacturing, Inc.

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: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Franklin Manufacturing, Inc.
Location: 15825 Hwy 243, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35653
NAICS: 333517
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was testing the pneumatic cylinder and gears in a centering device before installing the housing cover. The employee placed his hand on the assembly to steady it, and the cylinder severed the tip of his left fifth finger. The employee's finger was amputated at the distal joint.

Source

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