First Quality Enterprises
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MC ELHATTAN, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | First Quality Enterprises | Report ID | 2017087742 |
| Address | 121 North Road | City, State ZIP | MC ELHATTAN, PENNSYLVANIA 17748 |
| Event Date | August 13, 2017 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Stacking machinery |
| Secondary Source | Crowbars | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 322291 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.15000, -77.35000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was running a pallet destacker when it jammed. He used a pry bar to free it. When it unjammed, his right index finger was caught between the pry bar and the wood pallets, amputating his fingertip without bone loss.
Incident Summary
On August 13, 2017, a worker at First Quality Enterprises in MC ELHATTAN, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with stacking machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.
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