Amputations

Name: Amputations at Corning Incorporated
Start: 2/15/2019

1 amputation · 2019021750 · 2/15/2019 · Corning Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name: Corning Incorporated
Location: 2 Alfred Road, KENNEBUNK, MAINE, 04043
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a machine. He was lubricating the pulley chain using a rag when the machine cycled and the rag and his right hand were pulled into the pulley chain causing two fingertip amputations.

Source

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