Amputations

Name: Amputations at Associated Materials LLC
Start: 7/11/2016

1 amputation · 2016076222 · 7/11/2016 · Associated Materials LLC

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Associated Materials LLC
Location: 3773 State Rd, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, 44223
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on the conveyor of the "butterfly" machine when the chain drive activated and caught his left ring finger, amputating the fingertip to the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

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