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Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated in BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated Report ID 2015118629
Address 1 Bottle Drive City, State ZIP BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19512
Event Date November 14, 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 Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.33000, -75.62000

Incident Narrative

An employee lifted a rare earth magnet from a materials hopper. He handed the magnet to a second employee. The second employee took the magnet and began to set the magnet down on an adjacent piece of equipment. As the second employee set the magnet down, the magnet pulled itself to the piece of equipment that he was going to place it on. His left-hand ring finger was crushed between the magnet and the equipment and had to be surgically amputated at the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On November 14, 2015, a worker at Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated in BOYERTOWN, 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 hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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