Amputations

Name: Amputations at Meadville Forging Company, L.P.
Start: 9/12/2017

1 amputation · 2017098741 · 9/12/2017 · Meadville Forging Company, L.P.

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: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Meadville Forging Company, L.P.
Location: 15309 Baldwin Street Ext., MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
NAICS: 336399
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a 2,500-ton vertical press while the machine was in idle mode. The employee was manually spinning the die manipulator when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated in a pinch point while spinning the die manipulator.

Source

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