Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tatano Wire Products
Start: 6/18/2020

1 amputation · 2020065676 · 6/18/2020 · Tatano Wire Products

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tatano Wire Products
Location: 714 Braddock View Drive, LEMONT FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15456
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a machine used to manufacture wire mesh when a spool on the turn table shifted. As he was attempting to adjust it, the table created a shear point and amputated his right index fingertip down to the knuckle.

Source

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