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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024098454 · 9/11/2024 · Joe Krentzman & Son, Inc.

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
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Shearing machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Joe Krentzman & Son, Inc.
Location
3175 Back Maitland Road, LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17044
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a shearer to clean aluminum metal for recycling. Their right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in fingertip amputations.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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