Amputations

Name: Amputations at PANDROL USA, LP
Start: 8/10/2018

1 amputation · 2018088209 · 8/10/2018 · PANDROL USA, LP

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: PANDROL USA, LP
Location: 501 SHARPTOWN RD., BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY, 08014
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing shims to align crop dies in a shear machine. When the machine was activated, the employee's right hand was caught in the point of operation resulting in partial amputations to two fingers.

Source

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