Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Harper Trucks, Inc.
Start: 10/31/2024

1 amputation · 20241010158 · 10/31/2024 · Harper Trucks, Inc.

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: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Stationary drills, milling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Harper Trucks, Inc.
Location: 1522 S. Florence, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
NAICS: 484110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A tooling technician was changing a drill on a drill machine. As he reached into the machine to begin the process, the slide was activated, causing an amputation to his left middle fingertip just before the first joint.

Source

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