Amputations

Name: Amputations at Dexmet Corporation
Start: 4/12/2022

1 amputation · 2022043201 · 4/12/2022 · Dexmet Corporation

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, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Dexmet Corporation
Location: 22 Barnes Industrial Road South, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06492
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a mesh cutting machine. A piece of mesh was rolling out of the machine and started to coil onto itself rather than coming out as a flat section. The employee was working to straighten the material to prevent it from jamming the machine when the machine amputated their middle finger between the fingernail and knuckle.

Source

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