Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hillside Plastics, Incorporated
Start: 9/7/2015

1 amputation · 2015096503 · 9/7/2015 · Hillside Plastics, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Hillside Plastics, Incorporated
Location: 262 Millers Falls Road, TURNERS FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, 01376
NAICS: 326160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 9/7/15, an employee was cleaning out top flash and trimmings that had fallen on the floor beneath an auto-trimmer. His finger entered the stroke path of the lift cylinder, and his right middle fingertip was amputated.

Source

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