Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ply Gem Windows
Start: 6/15/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018065919 · 6/15/2018 · Ply Gem Windows

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Ply Gem Windows
Location: 2870 N. Harvey Mitchell Pkwy., BRYAN, TEXAS, 77801
NAICS: 331316
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the die on an extrusion press machine when the machine actuated amputated the employee's right index finger to the first knuckle. The die was energized at the time of the incident.

Source

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