Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at GKN Sinter Metals - DuBois
Start: 10/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016109824 · 10/19/2016 · GKN Sinter Metals - DuBois

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: GKN Sinter Metals - DuBois
Location: 1 Tom Mix Drive, DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15801
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was raking parts off the top of a slow moving conveyor (4.5"/minute) when a loud noise startled him and his finger entered a gap between the conveyor and the exit chute. The chute then shifted and dropped pinching his finger and removing his nail and fingertip.

Source

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