Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at C K Enterprises
Start: 10/18/2024

1 amputation · 2024109734 · 10/18/2024 · C K Enterprises

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Trash compactors, shredders
Secondary source: Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo

Employer

Name: C K Enterprises
Location: 1920 Lacy Dr., JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS, 66441
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was closing the door of a cardboard compactor. As he was pulling the door down with his left hand, it closed on his right hand, resulting in a soft tissue amputation through part of the fingernail of his ring fingertip.

Source

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