Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Parallel Products of New England, Inc.
Start: 11/20/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110824 · 11/20/2024 · Parallel Products of New England, Inc.

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: Trash compactors, shredders
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: Parallel Products of New England, Inc.
Location: 885 E 137th Street, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10454
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rotary valve on a grinder. He went to use a scraper to remove accumulation from shredding when the machine caught his right hand. The machine amputated three fingers and damaged the fourth. He required surgery. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

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