Amputations

Name: Amputations at Liberty Electronics, Inc.
Start: 11/10/2017

1 amputation · 20171110839 · 11/10/2017 · Liberty Electronics, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Liberty Electronics, Inc.
Location: 191 Howard Street, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16323
NAICS: 334412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a wire sleeving machine and re-inserted the screws into the machine. She was attempting to grab the wire sleeve when her right index fingertip was amputated by the machine's blade. The machine's safety bypass bar was removed at the time of the incident.

Source

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