Amputations

Name: Amputations at Metaldyne Performance Group
Start: 10/7/2016

1 amputation · 2016109474 · 10/7/2016 · Metaldyne Performance Group

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Barrels, drums-except pressurized

Employer

Name: Metaldyne Performance Group
Location: 197 West Creek Road, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15857
NAICS: 332117
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a drum dump station, dumping material into a tumbler. He was putting a 55-pound steel drum onto the dump station when the drum fell. When he tried catching the drum, his right index finger was caught between the falling drum and the next drum in line to be dumped, amputating his fingertip.

Source

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