Amputations

Name: Amputations at EAM-Mosca Inc.
Start: 5/4/2015

1 amputation · 2015052568 · 5/4/2015 · EAM-Mosca Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: EAM-Mosca Inc.
Location: 675 Jaycee Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 326112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was working on a crystallizer. The guard was removed, but the machine was not locked out. He reached into the discharge valve to grab material; the machine cycled, and a small area of his thumb above and behind the nail was amputated.

Source

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