Amputations

Name: Amputations at WOODS EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Start: 3/15/2022

1 amputation · 2022032337 · 3/15/2022 · WOODS EQUIPMENT COMPANY

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Lathes, unspecified
Secondary source: Sanders-nonpowered

Employer

Name: WOODS EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Location: 2606 South Illinois Route 2, OREGON, ILLINOIS, 61061
NAICS: 333111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an emery cloth to clean a part on a lathe. The rotating jaws of the chuck caught the cloth and pulled in his gloved left hand, deeply lacerating the middle finger. The fingertip was medically amputated just behind the nail.

Source

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