Amputations

Name: Amputations at CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Start: 4/9/2017

1 amputation · 2017043200 · 4/9/2017 · CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Location: Building 73, Bar Finish Department, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
NAICS: 331111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a cut-off bar saw when a counterweight that keeps the saw elevated broke, causing the saw blade to come down on and partially amputate his left thumb and left index and middle fingers.

Source

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