Amputations

Name: Amputations at Can Corporation of America Incorporated
Start: 8/17/2017

1 amputation · 2017087915 · 8/17/2017 · Can Corporation of America Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: Can Corporation of America Incorporated
Location: 3723 Pottsville Pike, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19610
NAICS: 332431
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an air gun to clean the lacquer off a bead tooling machine part when the air gun and employee's left hand were pulled into the machine, partially amputating the middle fingertip. The machine's interlock was in place at the time.

Source

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