Amputations

Name: Amputations at Extruflex North America, LLC
Start: 12/10/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20221210738 · 12/10/2022 · Extruflex North America, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Extruflex North America, LLC
Location: 169 Business Center Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35244
NAICS: 326122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was going through a die disconnection and removal during a shutdown process. His left hand was caught between two dies, and he suffered fingertip amputations to his left ring and middle fingers.

Source

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