Amputations

Name: Amputations at Buck Company, LLC
Start: 10/19/2019

1 amputation · 20191010940 · 10/19/2019 · Buck Company, LLC

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: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Buck Company, LLC
Location: 897 Lancaster Pike, QUARRYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17566
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a sand conveyor, using the jog switch with a key interlock to run the belt up and down identifying bad bearings, as well as installing a cover. Power to the conveyor was turned on and it amputated the employee's left middle finger.

Source

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