Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at SWM Holdings US, LLC
Start: 5/6/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024053931 · 5/6/2024 · SWM Holdings US, 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 unspecified
Source: Paper production machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: SWM Holdings US, LLC
Location: 2424 New York 82, ANCRAM, NEW YORK, 12502
NAICS: 322121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing cores from waste paper bobbins with a pneumatic ram. When he stopped to remove scrap paper, the ram retracted and caught his right hand between the ram and the guard, resulting in an amputation of the middle finger at the distal knuckle.

Source

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