Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Maspeth Welding, Inc.
Start: 12/10/2024

1 amputation · 20241211968 · 12/10/2024 · Maspeth Welding, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 suspended or swinging objects n.e.c.
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: Maspeth Welding, Inc.
Location: 59-30 54th Street, MASPETH, NEW YORK, 11378
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 12/10/2024, an employee was moving a die casting into the press machine with an overhead crane when the die casting jammed his left little finger into the machine and it was surgically amputated.

Source

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