Amputations

Name: Amputations at Amerex Corporation
Start: 3/14/2022

1 amputation · 2022032316 · 3/14/2022 · Amerex Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Amerex Corporation
Location: 7595 Gadsden Highway, TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35173
NAICS: 339999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a box machine. While the employee was removing cardboard knock-out debris from the operator load area, the machine's primary pusher caught her right little finger, causing its amputation at the last joint.

Source

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