Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Newman Technology of Alabama, Inc.
Start: 3/5/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024032044 · 3/5/2024 · Newman Technology of Alabama, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Extruding machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Newman Technology of Alabama, Inc.
Location: 2331 George Wallace Drive, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35951
NAICS: 336399
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing the chain on an extrusion molding run table. When the machine started up again they were caught in the chain and the sprocket, resulting in an open displaced fracture to their right middle and ring fingertips, a laceration to the middle finger, and an amputation of the right index fingertip. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Source

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