Amputations

Name: Amputations at Staiman Recycling Corp.
Start: 8/20/2018

1 amputation · 2018088548 · 8/20/2018 · Staiman Recycling Corp.

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, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Staiman Recycling Corp.
Location: 201 Hepburn St., WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
NAICS: 562920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing blades on a granulator. While he was rotating the blade assembly to check the top clearance gap, the front tip of his right pinky finger became lodged between the rotating blade and stationary blade, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation (no bone loss).

Source

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