Amputations

Name: Amputations at CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Start: 7/31/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023076933 · 7/31/2023 · CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Location: 44 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET, NEW BREMEN, OHIO, 45869
NAICS: 333924
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was training another employee on a hoist and heavy assembly operations for powered industrial vehicle manufacturing. One employee was lowering the power unit down when the injured employee's hand was caught and pinched between the power unit and a stationary piece of equipment. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated.

Source

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