Amputations

Name: Amputations at Johnson Newspaper Corporation
Start: 7/31/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021076370 · 7/31/2021 · Johnson Newspaper Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses-printing

Employer

Name: Johnson Newspaper Corporation
Location: 260 Washington Street, WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, 13601
NAICS: 323111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding paper into a folder mechanism on a press and adjusting the tension in preparation for the evening press run. The employee's left little finger got caught in the rollers. As the employee attempted to pull their left hand out, their right hand was caught in the roller resulting in an amputation injury.

Source

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