Amputations

Name: Amputations at Erie Materials
Start: 6/27/2017

1 amputation · 2017065897 · 6/27/2017 · Erie Materials

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, n.e.c.
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Erie Materials
Location: 500 Factory Avenue, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13211
NAICS: 423390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a chop saw when he contacted the trigger and activated the saw, which was still plugged in. The saw blade then amputated his left ring finger to the first knuckle.

Source

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