Amputations

Name: Amputations at Crescent Industries, Inc.
Start: 3/7/2022

1 amputation · 2022032073 · 3/7/2022 · Crescent Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Crescent Industries, Inc.
Location: 12 North Front Street, NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA, 17349
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was fixing a machine that cuts bar stock after an alarm on the machine went off. When the employee fixed the issue, the machine started back up and the employee's right index finger got caught in the machine's bar feeder, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

Source

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