Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Rochling Machined Plastics
Start: 8/7/2025

1 amputation · 2025087803 · 8/7/2025 · Rochling Machined Plastics

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Fan and turbine parts

Employer

Name: Rochling Machined Plastics
Location: 161 Westec Drive, MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15666
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a fan on a cooling unit. As he went to adjust a pump, the unit caught his right hand and the fan blades severely lacerated his index finger. He underwent a medical amputation to the finger.

Source

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