Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pennsylvania Sintered Metals Inc.
Start: 5/12/2015

1 amputation · 2015053769 · 5/12/2015 · Pennsylvania Sintered Metals Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Pennsylvania Sintered Metals Inc.
Location: 2950 Whittimore Road, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15834
NAICS: 332117
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On May 12, 2015, an employee's left wrist was punctured by tooling on a molding machine when the machine cycled with his hand in the point of operation. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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