Amputations

Name: Amputations at Owen Electric Company, INC
Start: 12/19/2022

1 amputation · 20221211000 · 12/19/2022 · Owen Electric Company, INC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Printers and plotters-computer
Secondary source: Doors, except garage and vehicle

Employer

Name: Owen Electric Company, INC
Location: 1775 Lakeside Avenue, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32084
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were moving a 397-pound plotter printer over a doorstop/threshold when the injured employee's hand became wedged between the bottom of the plotter and the doorstop. As the employee pulled his hand back, he sustained a partial amputation of the left middle finger.

Source

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