Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Wood-Mode, Incorporated
Start: 8/18/2017

1 amputation · 2017087948 · 8/18/2017 · Wood-Mode, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wood-Mode, Incorporated
Location: 1 Second Street, KREAMER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17833
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on the molding machine when it jammed. The employee shut down the machine and attempted to remove the jammed piece. The machine's bottom head was still rotating and amputated the employee's left index fingertip and avulsed the left middle finger. The employee's left palm was also lacerated from the middle finger to the small finger (pinky).

Source

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