Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vita-Line Products Inc
Start: 6/21/2017

1 amputation · 2017065687 · 6/21/2017 · Vita-Line Products 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Vita-Line Products Inc
Location: 1111 N Park Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 311111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that converts plastic film into bags. The employee was attempting to adjust the plastic when his right hand was caught between the machine's heat sealer and cutter, amputating his right index finger from the first joint up to the fingertip.

Source

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