Amputations

Name: Amputations at PJK Acquisitions, LLC
Start: 6/29/2017

1 amputation · 2017065951 · 6/29/2017 · PJK Acquisitions, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Butchering machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: PJK Acquisitions, LLC
Location: 10 West Paletown Road, QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18951
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting the guide on a powered meat band saw when the plastic glove he was wearing slipped on the wet metal, causing his left hand to contact the blade. His left thumb was partially amputated.

Source

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