Amputations

Name: Amputations at Superior Plastic Products, Inc.
Start: 3/20/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019032937 · 3/20/2019 · Superior Plastic Products, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Superior Plastic Products, Inc.
Location: 260 Jalyn Drive, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17557
NAICS: 326121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was inserting a PVC pipe into a spindle mold machine. The employee's fingers were caught in a pinch point, and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed/amputated.

Source

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