Amputations

Name: Amputations at FLSmidth, Inc.
Start: 2/17/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023021539 · 2/17/2023 · FLSmidth, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: FLSmidth, Inc.
Location: 16002 Winfield Rd, FRAZIERS BOTTOM, WEST VIRGINIA, 25082
NAICS: 333519
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a hydraulic press when his left middle finger was crushed between the part he was pressing and the press table. The employee sustained an open fracture of the tuft of the distal phalanx, which led to a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip.

Source

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