Amputations

Name: Amputations at EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.
Start: 1/28/2022

1 amputation · 2022010859 · 1/28/2022 · EMCO Chemical Distributors, 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, n.e.c.
Source: Valves, nozzles
Secondary source: Train, locomotive, rail car, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.
Location: 8601 95th Street, PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53158
NAICS: 325998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a valve stem to slow the flow of chemicals from a railcar tanker to a truck tanker when his finger got caught between the valve stem and the railcar tank, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

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