Amputations

Name: Amputations at Unique Industries, Inc.
Start: 5/27/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021054318 · 5/27/2021 · Unique Industries, Inc.

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: Paper production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Unique Industries, Inc.
Location: 496 Fairfield Road, MONTOURSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17754
NAICS: 322299
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually refeeding tissue into the napkin press and folder machine. When the machine was jogged, a finger on her left hand was pulled between two rollers. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left finger and was hospitalized.

Source

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