Boose Aluminum Foundry Company, Incorporated

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — REAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Boose Aluminum Foundry Company, Incorporated in REAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Boose Aluminum Foundry Company, Incorporated Report ID 2017065160
Address 77 North Reamstown Road City, State ZIP REAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17567
Event Date June 6, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Secondary Source Girders, beams, structural steel
Industry (NAICS) 331524 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.21000, -76.11000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a sand mixing head when his left hand was crushed between the mixing head and a building support beam. His left index finger was partially amputated.

Incident Summary

On June 6, 2017, a worker at Boose Aluminum Foundry Company, Incorporated in REAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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