Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at United Window & Door Manufacturing, Inc.
Start: 9/17/2024

1 amputation · 2024098678 · 9/17/2024 · United Window & Door Manufacturing, 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: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: United Window & Door Manufacturing, Inc.
Location: 24-36 Fadem Rd., SPRINGFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07081
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing glass from the table of an automated glass cutter when his hand got caught in the gear/wheel. The employee suffered a laceration to his left index fingertip that resulted in a fingertip amputation. The machine was running at the time.

Source

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