Amputations

Name: Amputations at SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.
Start: 6/22/2015

1 amputation · 2015063947 · 6/22/2015 · SPX Cooling Technologies, 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: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.
Location: 1670 Toronita St., YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the LMC machine's (glue machine) rollers and caught his right index finger in the chain and sprocket apparatus. His finger was amputated at the first digit.

Source

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