Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
Start: 12/27/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161211951 · 12/27/2016 · Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Table saws

Employer

Name: Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
Location: 2655 Molly Pitcher Highway South, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
NAICS: 327390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a table saw to rip small pieces of 2x4 for a form when his left index finger contacted the running blade, amputating the first knuckle. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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