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Amputations
1 amputation · 2019088157 · 8/8/2019 · East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- Source
- Batteries other than automotive
- Secondary source
- Batteries other than automotive
Employer
- Name
- East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Location
- 102 Deka Rd, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- NAICS
- 335912
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was moving a battery when his right ring finger was pinched and amputated between two large batteries weighing 2700 pounds.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown