Amputations

Name: Amputations at Knight's Precast, Inc.
Start: 2/10/2023

1 amputation · 2023021301 · 2/10/2023 · Knight's Precast, Inc.

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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Knight's Precast, Inc.
Location: 203 Edsel Drive, RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA, 31324
NAICS: 327390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was bending a 7-foot piece of rebar on a cutter/bender machine. While holding the long end of the rebar down, the employee's hand was caught between the moving rest and the rebar, resulting in a right index finger amputation at the first joint.

Source

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