Amputations

Name: Amputations at West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
Start: 1/3/2020

1 amputation · 2020010081 · 1/3/2020 · West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Plastic injection molding machinery

Employer

Name: West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
Location: 2921 West Reach Rd., WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On Friday, January 3, 2020, at approximately 10:50 AM, an employee was troubleshooting an injection molding machine. With the machine locked out, the employee reached into the molding area of the machine and manually pressed against the mold-closing mechanism. The mechanism closed and caught his right pinky finger, resulting in a first digit amputation.

Source

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