Amputations

Name: Amputations at Blue Mountain Recycling, LLC
Start: 12/4/2017

1 amputation · 20171211510 · 12/4/2017 · Blue Mountain Recycling, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Blue Mountain Recycling, LLC
Location: 2904 ELLSWORTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19146
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replenishing wire on a baler when the baler was engaged. The wire then looped around the employee's left index finger and amputated the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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