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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015010729 · 1/23/2015 · AEP INDUSTRIES INC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name
AEP INDUSTRIES INC
Location
20 ELMWOOD AVENUE, CRESTWOOD IND. PARK, MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18707
NAICS
326113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a roll from a machine during normal routine operation when he dropped a heavy core and pinched his finger between two objects. His right ring finger was amputated from the tip to roughly one half of the nailbed. The first knuckle is intact.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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