Amputations

Name: Amputations at Diemolding Corporation
Start: 11/22/2017

1 amputation · 20171111205 · 11/22/2017 · Diemolding Corporation

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: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Diemolding Corporation
Location: 100 Donald Hicks Dew Drive, WAMPSVILLE, NEW YORK, 13163
NAICS: 336340
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing scrap from the exit end of a preformer machine when his middle finger was caught in the machine punch, cutting and amputating his fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

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