Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Seats, Inc.
Start: 8/8/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024087250 · 8/8/2024 · Seats, 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: Machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: Seats, Inc.
Location: 701 North Lincoln Street, SPRING HILL, KANSAS, 66083
NAICS: 336360
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a seat assembly line at the rods and dials station. He finished the rods and dials and had the seat turned and was lowering it back onto the assembly line. His left thumb became caught in the trolley, resulting in partial amputation through the phalanx.

Source

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