Amputations

Name: Amputations at 3M
Start: 3/6/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022032039 · 3/6/2022 · 3M

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: 3M
Location: 610 North Brown County Road 19, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
NAICS: 339113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to manually unjam a component within a machine. An abrupt rotation within the machine caused the employee's left middle fingertip to be crushed between two metal machine parts. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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