Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bridon-Bekaert The Ropes Group
Start: 10/9/2023

1 amputation · 2023109310 · 10/9/2023 · Bridon-Bekaert The Ropes Group

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Bridon-Bekaert The Ropes Group
Location: 101 Stevens Lane, EXETER, PENNSYLVANIA, 18643
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were reassembling a stranding machine. A chain pulled an employee's left hand into the chain and sprocket of the machine resulting in an amputation to the hand.

Source

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