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CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — READING, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION in READING, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Report ID 2017043200
Address Building 73, Bar Finish Department, 11 W. Bern Street City, State ZIP READING, PENNSYLVANIA 19601
Event Date April 9, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 331111 Inspection # 1224895
GPS Coordinates 40.33000, -75.96000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a cut-off bar saw when a counterweight that keeps the saw elevated broke, causing the saw blade to come down on and partially amputate his left thumb and left index and middle fingers.

Incident Summary

On April 9, 2017, a worker at CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION in READING, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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