Amputations

Name: Amputations at GKN Sinter Metals
Start: 8/19/2017

1 amputation · 2017087984 · 8/19/2017 · GKN Sinter Metals

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: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: GKN Sinter Metals
Location: One Airport Road, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15834
NAICS: 332117
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a part on a sort table when a part slide mechanism pinched her right middle finger between the air-actuated slide and a part. As she pulled her hand out to remove her finger, her fingertip was amputated just below the cuticle.

Source

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