Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Gates Corporation
Start: 10/30/2024

1 amputation · 20241010115 · 10/30/2024 · Gates Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Bending, crimping machinery
Secondary source: Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name: Gates Corporation
Location: 1801 N. Lincoln St., SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
NAICS: 326220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mandrel shaft with an emery cloth when their glove became caught on the rotating shaft. Their right hand was pulled in with the glove and their thumb was amputated.

Source

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