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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076224 · 7/6/2017 · West Penn Printing

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Presses-printing

Employer

Name
West Penn Printing
Location
103 Riverpark Drive, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16101
NAICS
323111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a printing press. The press was locked/tagged out, and the employee disengaged and removed the folder mechanism. The employee then attempted to re-engage the folder mechanism and slid it back into the press. As he was re-engaging the mechanism, his left index finger was caught and partially amputated in the mechanism's gear and chain.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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