Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Adirondack Beverages
Start: 1/4/2024

1 amputation · 2024010097 · 1/4/2024 · Adirondack Beverages

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Product labeling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Adirondack Beverages
Location: 701 Corporations Park, SCOTIA, NEW YORK, 12302
NAICS: 312111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking the labeler for a bad bearing while moving the belt with his left hand. The machine was jogged, causing the employee's right index and middle finger to get caught in the drive pulley. The right index and middle fingertips were amputated.

Source

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