Amputations

Name: Amputations at Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
Start: 10/1/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191010272 · 10/1/2019 · Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary source: Milling machines

Employer

Name: Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
Location: 129 Soundview Road, GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06437
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing the wire from a capstan onto the empty take-off spool of a mill machine when the employee's left index fingertip was caught in the wire and amputated.

Source

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