Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Meade, Inc.
Start: 7/11/2024

1 amputation · 2024076235 · 7/11/2024 · Meade, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Caps, lids, covers n.e.c.
Secondary source: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Meade, Inc.
Location: 170 Monarch Lane, MIAMISBURG, OHIO, 45342
NAICS: 221118
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing the cap from a cam lock on a vacuum truck's water line. When the cap was loosened, water pressure blew it off. Rings on the cap cut the employee's right index finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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