Amputations

Name: Amputations at Maryville Tire Partners
Start: 2/22/2022

1 amputation · 2022021697 · 2/22/2022 · Maryville Tire Partners

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Maryville Tire Partners
Location: 600 Wilson Industrial Road, MARYVILLE, MISSOURI, 64468
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On February 22, 2022, at 9:51 p.m., a maintenance employee was removing clogged material from a chip feed hopper when an operator in the control room turned on the machine. The valve rotated and the employee's hand was caught by the machine, resulting in finger amputations. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.

Source

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