Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sovena USA, Inc.
Start: 11/21/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181111983 · 11/21/2018 · Sovena USA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: Sovena USA, Inc.
Location: 1 Olive Grove Street, ROME, NEW YORK, 13441
NAICS: 311223
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing glue from the label paddles on a filling line. The employee's finger was pinched and amputated between a paddle and rollers. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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