← OSHA severe injury reports

Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076885 · 7/24/2017 · QUADRANT EPP USA, INCORPORATED

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
QUADRANT EPP USA, INCORPORATED
Location
2120 FAIRMONT AVENUE, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19612
NAICS
325222
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was retracting molded parts from a hydraulic press when an end cap slipped down and pinched the employee's left middle finger between it and an extrusion, partially amputating it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown