Amputations

Name: Amputations at Elder Corporation
Start: 4/10/2023

1 amputation · 2023043152 · 4/10/2023 · Elder Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Spreading machinery-agricultural
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Elder Corporation
Location: NDOT Scribner North and South County Road H Blvd, HOOPER, NEBRASKA, 68031
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an auger to spread lime to treat soil. The employee started warm-up operations for the equipment and went to lubricate the grease point located at the rear of the cart. The employee's glove became entangled in the moving chain, causing his right middle finger to become pinched between the chain and the sprocket. The employee sustained a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of the right middle finger.

Source

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