Amputations

Name: Amputations at GKN Sinter Metals
Start: 8/21/2017

1 amputation · 2017088011 · 8/21/2017 · GKN Sinter Metals

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was operating a scissor lift to raise pipes near the ceiling. His hand was on the rail of the scissor lift when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between a piece of electrical conduit and the scissor lift railing.

Source

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