Amputations

Name: Amputations at Active Ventilation Products
Start: 5/15/2023

1 amputation · 2023054343 · 5/15/2023 · Active Ventilation Products

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Active Ventilation Products
Location: 311 1st St, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, 12550
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manufacturing parts on a forming machine when a jam occurred. The employee cleared the jam and as the machine restarted, it caught her right index fingertip, resulting in amputation.

Source

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