Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Metalworks Inc.
Start: 4/2/2025

1 amputation · 2025043070 · 4/2/2025 · Metalworks 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: Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Metalworks Inc.
Location: 4720 NW 38th St, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68524
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was forming a part on a brake press when the part she was holding forced her hand up against the punch, crushing two fingers on her right hand. The employee sustained amputations to the two fingertips at the first knuckle.

Source

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