Amputations

Name: Amputations at APG - Sintered Metals
Start: 7/25/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022076524 · 7/25/2022 · APG - Sintered Metals

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: APG - Sintered Metals
Location: 317 Buena Vista Highway, WILCOX, PENNSYLVANIA, 15870
NAICS: 332117
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee (mechanic trainee) was repairing the shoe push rod housing on a press. His hand was caught in the flywheel and he suffered broken bones and amputations. All of the fingers except the index finger were reattached. The press was not locked out at the time.

Source

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