Amputations

Name: Amputations at Littlestown Foundry, Inc.
Start: 8/9/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021086684 · 8/9/2021 · Littlestown Foundry, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Milling machines
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Littlestown Foundry, Inc.
Location: 150 Charles Street, LITTLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17340
NAICS: 331524
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a vertical milling machine when the machine caught the glove on her right hand. The glove became wrapped around the rotating bit resulting in amputation of her right middle finger.

Source

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