Amputations

Name: Amputations at Simplex Industries, Inc.
Start: 9/29/2018

1 amputation · 20180910079 · 9/29/2018 · Simplex Industries, Inc.

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 regular operation
Source: Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Simplex Industries, Inc.
Location: 1 Simplex Drive, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18504
NAICS: 321992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was framing a floor and attempted to push the floor assembly unit using a piece of wood at the end of a pusher. When the employee actuated the pusher, the employee's left hand was caught between the floor frame and the piece of lumber at the end of the pusher, resulting in an index fingertip amputation.

Source

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