Amputations

Name: Amputations at Reading Health System
Start: 7/13/2016

1 amputation · 2016076338 · 7/13/2016 · Reading Health System

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 regular operation
Source: Table saws

Employer

Name: Reading Health System
Location: Sixth Avenue and Spruce Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19611
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Cutting a piece of plexiglass with a table saw when the employee's right hand was pulled into the blade, amputating the ring and middle fingers at the first knuckle.

Source

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