Amputations

Name: Amputations at Birchstone Management, LLC
Start: 3/14/2022

1 amputation · 2022032305 · 3/14/2022 · Birchstone Management, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Birchstone Management, LLC
Location: 225 Portwall Suite 300, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing the bearings on the roller of a sorter machine. The roller shifted, and the employee's right middle fingertip was caught in the chain and sprocket. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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