Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Prysmian Group Specialty Cables LLC
Start: 3/29/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024032802 · 3/29/2024 · Prysmian Group Specialty Cables LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Prysmian Group Specialty Cables LLC
Location: 656 Joseph E. Warner Blvd., TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02780
NAICS: 335921
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the gear pump in the front of the compound mixing machine when his left hand was caught in the turning gears causing an amputation to his left index finger below the fingernail at the distal phalange.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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