Amputations

Name: Amputations at UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC.
Start: 9/21/2015

1 amputation · 2015096907 · 9/21/2015 · UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC.
Location: 259 WORCESTER ST., SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01550
NAICS: 327215
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a polisher when the machine pulled in her cleaning cloth and caught and amputated her left index fingertip. The machine was running at the time.

Source

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