Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Central Florida Custom Trailers, Inc.
Start: 3/5/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024031997 · 3/5/2024 · Central Florida Custom Trailers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Grinders, abraders
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: Central Florida Custom Trailers, Inc.
Location: 2136 East 4th Street, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
NAICS: 336214
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a disc grinder on a part when the part got caught between the guard and the grinder. His thumb got pulled in between the part and the grinder crushing and amputating it.

Source

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