Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vitro Flat Glass, LLC
Start: 9/3/2020

1 amputation · 2020098417 · 9/3/2020 · Vitro Flat Glass, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Vitro Flat Glass, LLC
Location: 5123 Victory Blvd., COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 16314
NAICS: 327211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work to change/inspect a belt on a blower motor. The employee was removing/inspecting the v-belt from a motor/fan drive sheave and as he was rolling the belt off the sheave his left ring finger got caught between the belt and the sheave resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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