Amputations

Name: Amputations at Twin Marquis, Inc.
Start: 3/26/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019033157 · 3/26/2019 · Twin Marquis, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Twin Marquis, Inc.
Location: 7 Bushwick Place, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11206
NAICS: 311824
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine when a package bag became misaligned in the machine. As he tried to fix the position of the bag, his left hand was caught by the sealer/cutter of the machine, resulting in the amputation of three fingertips.

Source

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