Amputations

Name: Amputations at Best Pump and Flow
Start: 12/29/2023

1 amputation · 20231211744 · 12/29/2023 · Best Pump and Flow

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name: Best Pump and Flow
Location: 1329 Markum Gate Way Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76185
NAICS: 333132
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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