Amputations

Name: Amputations at PAULO PRODUCTS COMPANY
Start: 1/23/2023

1 amputation · 2023010692 · 1/23/2023 · PAULO PRODUCTS COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: PAULO PRODUCTS COMPANY
Location: 4827 Chelsea Ave, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64130
NAICS: 332811
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to lift large containers (420 pounds) of steel parts to be dipped into tanks. The employee set a container down on a support and his finger was caught between the container and the support, resulting in amputation just behind the first knuckle.

Source

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