Amputations

Name: Amputations at Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Start: 1/31/2016

1 amputation · 2016010933 · 1/31/2016 · Advanced Drainage Systems, 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: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Location: 22793 Route 66, SHIPPENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16254
NAICS: 325991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting the gap on the granulator blade. When the employee rotated the rotor, the employee's left-hand middle finger was partially amputated (approximately 1/8 inch) by the rotor blade.

Source

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