Amputations

Name: Amputations at RONPAK, INC.
Start: 7/28/2016

1 amputation · 2016076912 · 7/28/2016 · RONPAK, 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, unspecified
Source: Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified

Employer

Name: RONPAK, INC.
Location: 4301 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE., SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07080
NAICS: 323119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a machine with a coworker. The coworker jogged the machine without realizing that the employee's hand was inside. His left pinky was caught by the gears, and his fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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