Amputations

Name: Amputations at McWane, Inc.
Start: 1/15/2022

1 amputation · 2022010430 · 1/15/2022 · McWane, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
Secondary source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: McWane, Inc.
Location: 605 West 23rd Street, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36202
NAICS: 332911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a table-mounted 20-inch disk sander. A steel bar (60 inches long, 2 inches wide, 1/4 inch thick) kicked upward toward the guard over the top of the sanding disk. The employee's left thumb was caught between the bar and the guard and partially amputated.

Source

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