Amputations

Name: Amputations at Whitney Brothers
Start: 11/16/2022

1 amputation · 20221110101 · 11/16/2022 · Whitney Brothers

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, unspecified
Source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Whitney Brothers
Location: 93 Railroad Street, KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03431
NAICS: 337211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was making adjustments on a banding machine when their hand came in contact with the cutter head, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

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