Durand Glass Manufacturing Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Durand Glass Manufacturing Company in MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
Employer Durand Glass Manufacturing Company Report ID 2018021434
Address 901 South Wade Boulevard City, State ZIP MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY 08332
Event Date February 12, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 327215 Inspection # 1289907
GPS Coordinates 39.38000, -75.01000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog in the air rotary. The paddles within the air rotary energized and began to rotate. As the paddles rotated, they pinched the tip of the employee's right ring finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On February 12, 2018, a worker at Durand Glass Manufacturing Company in MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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