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US Boiler Company Incorporated

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at US Boiler Company Incorporated in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer US Boiler Company Incorporated Report ID 2015010157
Address 2920 Old Tree Drive City, State ZIP LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17603
Event Date January 6, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 332410 Inspection # 1020024
GPS Coordinates 40.05000, -76.38000

Incident Narrative

The employee was installing block on a V8 line. The employee had been using a lifting chain and shipping nipple to place a V13 block on a shipping skid. The employee's hand got caught between the lifting chain and shipping nipple when the weight shifted and the chain slipped. The tip of the employee's left ring finger was amputated between the end and the first knuckle and the left middle finger was fractured.

Incident Summary

On January 6, 2015, a worker at US Boiler Company Incorporated in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with chains, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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