Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company
Start: 9/10/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022098030 · 9/10/2022 · The Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Stacking machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: The Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company
Location: 2150 W Sandlake Road, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32809
NAICS: 325510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with a depalletizer when he noticed it was jumping. He got in a cherry picker, and was testing the tension of the chain, when the chain caught his glove and pulled in his left hand. He suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger.

Source

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