Southern Valve Service, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
| Employer | Southern Valve Service, Inc. | Report ID | 2015043758 |
| Address | 18970 Highland Road | City, State ZIP | BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809 |
| Event Date | April 1, 2015 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Wrenches-nonpowered |
| Secondary Source | Metalworking lathes | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 332911 | Inspection # | 1051477 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.35000, -91.02000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was setting up a valve in a lathe. He was tightening the lathe chuck with an Allen wrench; when he tried to remove the wrench from the chuck, his left middle fingertip got caught between the Allen wrench and the machine.
Incident Summary
On April 1, 2015, a worker at Southern Valve Service, Inc. in BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with wrenches-nonpowered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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