Amputations

Name: Amputations at First Quality Tissue, LLC
Start: 11/17/2018

1 amputation · 20181111861 · 11/17/2018 · First Quality Tissue, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: First Quality Tissue, LLC
Location: 904 Woods Ave, LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17745
NAICS: 322121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a fabric sheet on a paper towel machine. The employee removed a pin on the winch and was checking to see if the machine was lined up when the employee's finger was caught by a moving part. The finger was partially amputated at the middle knuckle.

Source

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