Amputations

Name: Amputations at Keystone Plastics, Inc.
Start: 2/21/2020

1 amputation · 2020021738 · 2/21/2020 · Keystone Plastics, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Keystone Plastics, Inc.
Location: 3451 South Clinton Avenue, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07080
NAICS: 339994
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was calibrating the dye on a hydraulic press when the employee's right thumb was caught and amputated in a pinch point on the hydraulic press shaft.

Source

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