Amputations

Name: Amputations at Essex Pallet & Pellet
Start: 10/8/2019

1 amputation · 20191010540 · 10/8/2019 · Essex Pallet & Pellet

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Essex Pallet & Pellet
Location: 49 Industrial Park Rd, KEESEVILLE, NEW YORK, 12944
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running a pallet-nailing machine. One of the hydraulic nailers in the machine jammed; as he was trying to clear the jam, another nailer descended and amputated his left little finger.

Source

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