Amputations

Name: Amputations at Adhesives Research, Inc.
Start: 4/25/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017043715 · 4/25/2017 · Adhesives Research, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Adhesives Research, Inc.
Location: 400 Seaks Run Road, GLEN ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17327
NAICS: 325520
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was wiping a bearing on the 50-gallon reactor with a rag when the rag was caught by the rack and pinion pulling the employee's left hand into the moving gears. The employee's left thumb tip was partially amputated.

Source

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