Amputations

Name: Amputations at McWane Ductile New Jersey
Start: 10/29/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181011140 · 10/29/2018 · McWane Ductile New Jersey

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: McWane Ductile New Jersey
Location: 183 Sitgreaves St., PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY, 08865
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing out a die on a machine when the machine suddenly rotated, pinching the employee's finger between the die and the handle of the machine. The tip of his fourth phalange was amputated as a result.

Source

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