Amputations

Name: Amputations at Stewart's Shops
Start: 12/16/2019

1 amputation · 20191212912 · 12/16/2019 · Stewart's Shops

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: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Stewart's Shops
Location: 461 Church St., SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, 12866
NAICS: 311520
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to grab a bottle that was jammed in the trip chute of a blow molding machine when the trimmer block cycled and amputated approximately one-half of his left index finger.

Source

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