Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Pritchard Industries, LLC
Start: 4/22/2025

1 amputation · 2025043719 · 4/22/2025 · Pritchard Industries, LLC

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 or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Cooling and humidifying machinery, appliances unspecified
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: Pritchard Industries, LLC
Location: 1370 Avenue of the Americas, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10019
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was fixing the motor for cooling tower fans. He was freeing up the seized motor by rocking the belt back and forth. The motor released and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the motor and the belt, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the thumb.

Source

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