Amputations

Name: Amputations at YUASA BATTERY, INCORPORATED
Start: 8/2/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087336 · 8/2/2017 · YUASA BATTERY, INCORPORATED

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: YUASA BATTERY, INCORPORATED
Location: 2901 MONTROSE AVENUE, LAURELDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
NAICS: 335912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to oil the gears on a positive pasting machine when he heard a noise and observed that a guard was bent. As he attempted to bend the guard back, his left hand slipped from the guard and contacted the gears, amputating his middle, fourth, and fifth fingers.

Source

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