Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kansas Fencing Inc.
Start: 6/30/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022065747 · 6/30/2022 · Kansas Fencing Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Gates
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Kansas Fencing Inc.
Location: 620 Northwest Gordon Street, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66608
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting an automated gate. The employee had loosened the roller when his glove got caught and his left hand was pulled into the drive chain causing the amputation of the index fingertip.

Source

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