Amputations

Name: Amputations at ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.
Start: 9/22/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017099126 · 9/22/2017 · ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.
Location: 239 West Service Road, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06120
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove lodged scrap from an in-feed conveyor when his fingers/hand were pulled into a nip point between the head pulley and the conveyor belt, amputating his left lower arm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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