Amputations

Name: Amputations at Colt's Plastics Company, Inc.
Start: 4/30/2021

1 amputation · 2021043595 · 4/30/2021 · Colt's Plastics Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Colt's Plastics Company, Inc.
Location: 969 North Main Street, DAYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06241
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a bad part out of the mold area of a compression molding machine when the mold closed on his left hand resulting in the complete amputation of one finger and the partial amputation of another.

Source

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