Amputations

Name: Amputations at Omega Plastics Corporation
Start: 11/11/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191111733 · 11/11/2019 · Omega Plastics Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Omega Plastics Corporation
Location: Page and Schuyler Avenues - Building A, LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY, 07071
NAICS: 322223
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a piece of cardboard behind the draw rolls on a bag machine. The rolls caught and crushed the employee's right index finger. He was hospitalized and the finger was medically amputated.

Source

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