Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at LOREN COOK COMPANY
Start: 1/20/2025

1 amputation · 2025010626 · 1/20/2025 · LOREN COOK COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: LOREN COOK COMPANY
Location: 501 N George Nigh Expressway, MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA, 74501
NAICS: 333412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was seated at a press brake and was putting strips of steel (2-inches by 2-feet) into a brake press machine. The machine actuated and his right ring finger was crushed between the upper die and the steel material. The finger was amputated through the base of the nailbed.

Source

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