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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021053870 · 5/11/2021 · APX Enclosures, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
APX Enclosures, Incorporated
Location
9156 Molly Pitcher Highway, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17225
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a floor shaper to put a radius on plastic parts. When placing a part into the shaper bit area, the part kicked and dragged the employee's left hand into the shaper. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left middle finger and lacerations and avulsions to the left ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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