Amputations

Name: Amputations at Dietz & Watson, Inc.
Start: 8/14/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023087391 · 8/14/2023 · Dietz & Watson, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Dietz & Watson, Inc.
Location: 5701 Tacony Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19135
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of plastic film in front of the vacuum of a hot dog packaging machine when the metal tool he was using was caught in a rotating part. The employee's hand was pulled in and the metal tool amputated the fingertip portion of his right middle finger to the bone.

Source

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