Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vestcom
Start: 4/29/2023

1 amputation · 2023043848 · 4/29/2023 · Vestcom

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: Presses-printing

Employer

Name: Vestcom
Location: 8273 Green Meadows Drive, LEWIS CENTER, OHIO, 43035
NAICS: 323111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was diagnosing a problem with the vacuum on a printing press. The hose was removed and the employee's fingers were pulled into the open vacuum port and contacted the fan blade. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger.

Source

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