Amputations

Name: Amputations at SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Start: 5/14/2019

1 amputation · 2019054902 · 5/14/2019 · SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Lubricating greases, cutting oils

Employer

Name: SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Location: 301 HIGHLAND AVENUE, JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19046
NAICS: 332722
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting parts into a machine when the employee's hand slipped on oil and was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial thumb tip amputation (no bone loss).

Source

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