Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cast-Pac, Inc.
Start: 5/22/2019

1 amputation · 2019055173 · 5/22/2019 · Cast-Pac, Inc.

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 regular operation
Source: Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Cast-Pac, Inc.
Location: 206 Cascade Drive, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18109
NAICS: 561910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading a coupling into an assembler when the employee's right index fingertip entered the pinch point as the machine cycled, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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