Amputations

Name: Amputations at Custom Processing Services, Incorporated
Start: 11/16/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20231110589 · 11/16/2023 · Custom Processing Services, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Extruding machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Custom Processing Services, Incorporated
Location: 1 Birchmont Drive, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19606
NAICS: 325998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was monitoring the workstation for an extruder. The employee was working to unjam/pull wax material off the rollers when their gloved left hand was pulled into the rollers. The employee sustained amputations to their index finger, middle finger, and thumb. The machine was running at the time and was not guarded.

Source

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