Niagara Cutter, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — REYNOLDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Niagara Cutter, LLC in REYNOLDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Niagara Cutter, LLC Report ID 2018065756
Address 150 S. 5th Street City, State ZIP REYNOLDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 15851
Event Date June 12, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Grinders, abraders
Industry (NAICS) 333517 Inspection # 1322476
GPS Coordinates 41.09000, -78.88000

Incident Narrative

An employee was running a machine that dresses a form on a grinding wheel. The employee was cleaning off the grinding wheel when their right index finger was pinched between the grinding wheel and the dressing wheel amputating it at the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On June 12, 2018, a worker at Niagara Cutter, LLC in REYNOLDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with grinders, abraders identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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