Amputations

Name: Amputations at Magnesita Refractories
Start: 11/8/2017

1 amputation · 20171110761 · 11/8/2017 · Magnesita Refractories

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: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Magnesita Refractories
Location: 425 South Salem Church Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17408
NAICS: 327125
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing pallets of bricks on a conveyor when the employee's fingers were pinched between two of the pallets, amputating the left little finger.

Source

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