Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ripley Tools, LLC
Start: 5/2/2022

1 amputation · 2022053779 · 5/2/2022 · Ripley Tools, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Band saws

Employer

Name: Ripley Tools, LLC
Location: 46 Nooks Hill Road, CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT, 06416
NAICS: 333515
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut an aluminum bar. The bar was not feeding correctly. The employee was removing built-up aluminum chips when the saw blade cut down and partially amputated the employee's left index finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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