Amputations

Name: Amputations at AC Products Incorporated
Start: 10/13/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017109864 · 10/13/2017 · AC Products Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Drills-stationary

Employer

Name: AC Products Incorporated
Location: 12393 William Penn Highway, THOMPSONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17094
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a foot-operated drill when his right ring finger was caught in the drill press area, amputating 1 inch of the finger. The drill's safety hold back device was not used at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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