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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022032900 · 3/3/2022 · Waste Management of Pennsylvania, 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
Banding, baling, strapping machinery
Secondary source
Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name
Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Location
5201 Bleigh Ave, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19136
NAICS
562111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a wire jam on a paper baler. The employee pulled on the steel baler wire when the wire moved and the employee suffered a finger amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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