Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tower Laboratories, Ltd
Start: 10/26/2022

1 amputation · 2022109381 · 10/26/2022 · Tower Laboratories, Ltd

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Tower Laboratories, Ltd
Location: 8 Industrial Park Road, CENTERBROOK, CONNECTICUT, 06409
NAICS: 334516
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was advancing a sheet of foil through the knife on a pouch packaging machine when the knife cut his left index finger. The employee sustained an approximately 4-millimeter fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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