Amputations

Name: Amputations at Piper Aircraft, Inc.
Start: 3/16/2022

1 amputation · 2022032391 · 3/16/2022 · Piper Aircraft, Inc.

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: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Piper Aircraft, Inc.
Location: 2926 Piper Drive, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, 32960
NAICS: 336411
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was forming a part on a forming machine. He was trying to adjust an aluminum shim within the machine's gripper jaws when they crushed his left little fingertip, causing a partial amputation.

Source

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