Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Start: 2/21/2024

1 amputation · 2024021635 · 2/21/2024 · Recreational Equipment, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Location: 1400 Country Ridge Road, BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15522
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was removing a guard on the chain and sprocket drive of a conveyor system when their hand slipped and was pulled into an in-running nip point. Multiple fingers on the employee's right hand were crushed. The employee sustained amputations to his thumb, index, and little fingers on his right hand. The ring finger was dislocated.

Source

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