Amputations

Name: Amputations at AmeriPride Services, Inc.
Start: 7/24/2015

1 amputation · 2015075009 · 7/24/2015 · AmeriPride Services, 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: Fabric pressers and ironing appliances

Employer

Name: AmeriPride Services, Inc.
Location: 280 Greenwood Street, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01607
NAICS: 812331
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the area around the flat iron when his hand entered the iron's gear mechanism to clean it. The mechanism was operating at the time. He removed the cover and his finger got caught between the gears, amputating his right finger to the first knuckle.

Source

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