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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017010695 · 1/23/2017 · Sapa Extrusions, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

Employer

Name
Sapa Extrusions, Inc.
Location
53 Pottsville Street, CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17929
NAICS
331312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee on a scissor lift that had a manually extendible boom was replacing a furnace door. As he was maneuvering the door, he placed his left hand on the lift's top rail assembly, which consisted of a square tubing channel and a U-shaped channel. When he pushed the door against the lift, his left pinky was caught and amputated (above the knuckle) between the two channels.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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