Amputations

Name: Amputations at Rubberform Recycled Products, LLC
Start: 3/19/2021

1 amputation · 2021032373 · 3/19/2021 · Rubberform Recycled Products, LLC

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: Material and personnel hoists

Employer

Name: Rubberform Recycled Products, LLC
Location: 75 Michigan St., LOCKPORT, NEW YORK, 14094
NAICS: 326299
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an electrical chain hoist. As he was engaging the hoist to lift, using the pendant with his right hand and holding the hook with his left, his left index fingertip was caught between two contact points. As the chain went in, the tension amputated the fingertip.

Source

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