Amputations

Name: Amputations at Parts Authority
Start: 7/6/2023

1 amputation · 2023075997 · 7/6/2023 · Parts Authority

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 regular operation
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Parts Authority
Location: 1292 Hammond Street, BANGOR, MAINE, 04401
NAICS: 441310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a chop saw to cut a one-eighth inch wire cable. The wire became entangled with the saw and the cable was pulled in. The employee's fingers were caught in the cable, resulting in partial amputations to the left index, ring, and little finger.

Source

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