Amputations

Name: Amputations at Can Corporation of America, Incorporated
Start: 1/30/2023

1 amputation · 2023010938 · 1/30/2023 · Can Corporation of America, Incorporated

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: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Can Corporation of America, Incorporated
Location: 326 June Avenue, BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19510
NAICS: 332431
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a slitter, and was lubricating the chain and sprocket assembly. As the chain was being cycled forward to reach additional sections, the employee's right index finger was caught and pulled through the sprocket assembly, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

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