Amputations

Name: Amputations at AMERICAN HOUSEWARES MFG. CORP.
Start: 12/4/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181212430 · 12/4/2018 · AMERICAN HOUSEWARES MFG. CORP.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: AMERICAN HOUSEWARES MFG. CORP.
Location: 755 E. 134TH ST., BRONX, NEW YORK, 10454
NAICS: 332215
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was turning on a power press while trying to install a crimp ring when the crimping die amputated parts of the employee's right index and middle fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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