Amputations

Name: Amputations at Intermetro Industries Corporation
Start: 11/6/2017

1 amputation · 20171110704 · 11/6/2017 · Intermetro Industries Corporation

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, n.e.c.
Source: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Intermetro Industries Corporation
Location: 1101 North Washington Street, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18705
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a die in a hydraulic press when the machine was actuated via the foot pedal. The press then amputated 1/2 inch of the employee's right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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