Amputations

Name: Amputations at Exide Technologies
Start: 7/13/2020

1 amputation · 2020076552 · 7/13/2020 · Exide Technologies

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: Exide Technologies
Location: 829 Paramount Avenue, LAMPETER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17537
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While maintenance employees were evaluating an actuator on top of his work box, the injured employee supplied air to see which direction controlled the valve. When the air released, the injured employee's left index fingertip was amputated by the actuator valve.

Source

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