Amputations

Name: Amputations at SKF USA, Inc.
Start: 5/2/2022

1 amputation · 2022053783 · 5/2/2022 · SKF USA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Metalworking lathes
Secondary source: Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name: SKF USA, Inc.
Location: 149 Colebrook River Road, WINSTED, CONNECTICUT, 06098
NAICS: 332991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On May 2, 2022, an employee was aligning a fixture on the rotating work table of a vertical turret lathe when his wrench slipped and his hand contacted a steel cable. The employee sustained a partial amputation to a finger.

Source

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