Amputations

Name: Amputations at PPC Broadband
Start: 1/30/2015

1 amputation · 2015010985 · 1/30/2015 · PPC Broadband

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Lathes, unspecified

Employer

Name: PPC Broadband
Location: 6176 East Molloy Road, EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13057
NAICS: 334417
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was polishing a spindle on a lathe using an emery cloth. A keyway slot on the shaft caught his right index finger, resulting in an amputation of the finger. There was no bone loss.

Source

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