Amputations

Name: Amputations at CIR Acquisition, LLC
Start: 11/28/2023

1 amputation · 20231110877 · 11/28/2023 · CIR Acquisition, LLC

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 regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: CIR Acquisition, LLC
Location: 200 Brown Street, MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16137
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a wire stripper machine trying to put some wire through. The wire caught the employee's leather glove and pulled his left hand into the wire stripper. The employee sustained an amputation to the little finger. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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