Environmental Soil Management of New York

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Environmental Soil Management of New York in FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK
Employer Environmental Soil Management of New York Report ID 2016076987
Address 304 Towpath Lane City, State ZIP FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK 12828
Event Date July 28, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Secondary Source Wrenches-nonpowered
Industry (NAICS) 562219 Inspection # 1168509
GPS Coordinates 43.27000, -73.57000

Incident Narrative

On July 28, 2016, an employee experienced a finger amputation when using a wrench and hammer to clear a jammed rock from a running conveyor.

Incident Summary

On July 28, 2016, a worker at Environmental Soil Management of New York in FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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