Casual Living Unlimited LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Casual Living Unlimited LLC in NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Casual Living Unlimited LLC Report ID 2015030581
Address 172 Orlan Road City, State ZIP NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 17557
Event Date March 6, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Secondary Source Vacuum cleaners
Industry (NAICS) 337125 Inspection # 1046173
GPS Coordinates 40.09000, -76.09000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a saw that kept clogging with sawdust. The employee placed the vac hose at the bottom of the saw, and the hose was sucked into the bottom. He sustained an amputation to his right-hand index finger.

Incident Summary

On March 6, 2015, a worker at Casual Living Unlimited LLC in NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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