← OSHA severe injury reports

Amputations

1 amputation · 2023043418 · 4/17/2023 · Marathon Equipment 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
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
Secondary source
Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name
Marathon Equipment Company
Location
909 County Road 9 S, VERNON, ALABAMA, 35592
NAICS
333318
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was lining up 2-inch pieces of bar stock for clamping when their right index finger was caught between the bar stock. The employee sustained a degloving injury that resulted in medical amputation of the right index finger at the distal joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown