Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Beacon Building Products
Start: 3/29/2024

1 amputation · 2024032814 · 3/29/2024 · Beacon Building Products

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Beacon Building Products
Location: 1644 Atmore Dr, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63136
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a conveyor to convey shingles to a roof. The conveyor's chain and sprocket caught the tip of the employee's left middle finger, amputating it through the finger bone.

Source

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