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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018065925 · 6/15/2018 · Airlite Plastics Company

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Airlite Plastics Company
Location
2860 Bath Pike, NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA, 18064
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to dislodge jammed plastic in a plastic sheet line; a shear in the machine amputated the tips of his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was guarded with a metal grate at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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