Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lex Products, LLC
Start: 11/2/2021

1 amputation · 2021119481 · 11/2/2021 · Lex Products, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Lex Products, LLC
Location: 11 Forest Parkway, SHELTON, CONNECTICUT, 06484
NAICS: 423690
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an overmold machine. The machine's table moved while the employee's right index finger was in a hole for the mold, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint.

Source

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