Amputations

Name: Amputations at AEP INDUSTRIES INC
Start: 9/18/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015096874 · 9/18/2015 · AEP INDUSTRIES INC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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, unspecified
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: AEP INDUSTRIES INC
Location: 20 ELMWOOD AVENUE, CRESTWOOD IND. PARK, MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18707
NAICS: 326113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of their right index and middle fingers at the first joint when the employee opened the door of a machine to clean the interior with a cloth and the cloth and the employee's hand were pulled into the machine.

Source

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