Amputations

Name: Amputations at M&S Centerless Grinding, Inc.
Start: 9/30/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20190910246 · 9/30/2019 · M&S Centerless Grinding, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
Secondary source: Barrels, drums-except pressurized

Employer

Name: M&S Centerless Grinding, Inc.
Location: 258 E. County Line Rd., HATBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19040
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a full 55-gallon drum of antifreeze. The employee went to let the drum back down to the floor and their right pinky finger was smashed between two 55-gallon steel drums. The right pinky fingertip was amputated.

Source

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