Amputations

Name: Amputations at Salerno Packaging Inc.
Start: 12/14/2018

1 amputation · 20181212836 · 12/14/2018 · Salerno Packaging Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified

Employer

Name: Salerno Packaging Inc.
Location: 14 Gus Lapham Lane, PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 12901
NAICS: 326111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A printing machine operator was manually rolling a heavy roller to start the printing process. His left index finger became caught under the heavy roller. When he pulled his finger out from under the heavy roller, the fingertip and fingernail had been amputated.

Source

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