Amputations

Name: Amputations at PCC AIRFOILS
Start: 4/7/2022

1 amputation · 2022043111 · 4/7/2022 · PCC AIRFOILS

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: PCC AIRFOILS
Location: 3860 UNION AVE. SE, MINERVA, OHIO, 44657
NAICS: 423860
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were troubleshooting a cut-off saw used in the lab. The saw was locked out, but the pneumatic hold-down vice of the saw was not. The vice actuated and caught a maintenance employee's finger resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Source

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