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Ensinger Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — GREENWOOD, DELAWARE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ensinger Inc. in GREENWOOD, DELAWARE
Employer Ensinger Inc. Report ID 2017010477
Address 220 South Church St City, State ZIP GREENWOOD, DELAWARE 19950
Event Date January 16, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Grinders, abraders
Secondary Source Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # 1204502
GPS Coordinates 38.80000, -75.59000

Incident Narrative

An employee was picking up stacks of scrap nylon sheets and throwing them into the hopper attached to the granulator. The sheets in a pile were bird-caging and the employee's left ring finger got caught in a hole in one of these sheets. As the sheet was pulled downward into the hopper by the action of the grinder, the employee's left ring finger was amputated and the index finger was fractured and lacerated.

Incident Summary

On January 16, 2017, a worker at Ensinger Inc. in GREENWOOD, DELAWARE suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with grinders, abraders identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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