Amputations

Name: Amputations at Treehouse Private Brand
Start: 9/17/2016

1 amputation · 2016098816 · 9/17/2016 · Treehouse Private Brand

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 regular operation
Source: Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Treehouse Private Brand
Location: 680 W. Chestnut St., HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a vertical belt sander to deburr a piece of metal. The metal became caught between the sanding belt and a tool rest, which pulled his thumb into the belt behind the tool rest and amputated his left thumb tip. The sander was guarded at the time.

Source

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