Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Martin Sprockets & Gear, Inc.
Start: 3/5/2025

1 amputation · 2025032120 · 3/5/2025 · Martin Sprockets & Gear, 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: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Boring, planing, milling machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Martin Sprockets & Gear, Inc.
Location: 4300 FM 18, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79602
NAICS: 332111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe and a mill when the machine part they were holding slipped, pinching their right middle fingertip between a bushing flange and a machine fixture. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip to the base of the nailbed.

Source

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