Amputations

Name: Amputations at AAH Acquisition LLC
Start: 10/20/2017

1 amputation · 20171010080 · 10/20/2017 · AAH Acquisition LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: AAH Acquisition LLC
Location: 217 Titusville Road, UNION CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16438
NAICS: 326220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a loom and attempting to remove fabric lint from it when his right hand came into contact with a moving gear that was located deep behind the fabric yarn and in the frame of the loom. His right pinky and ring fingers were amputated. The loom was running at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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