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Plouse Machine Shop Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Plouse Machine Shop Inc. in HIGHSPIRE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Plouse Machine Shop Inc. Report ID 2018076661
Address 401 Aviation Way City, State ZIP HIGHSPIRE, PENNSYLVANIA 17034
Event Date July 3, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 332710 Inspection # 1330009
GPS Coordinates 40.20000, -76.78000

Incident Narrative

An employee hand-fed parts into the mechanical power press. His arm was resting on the bolster plate when his right hand and fingers went underneath the light curtain at the front of the press. While either loading or unloading a part from the die, the press activated and the die then closed on his right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation down to the distal interphalangeal joint.

Incident Summary

On July 3, 2018, a worker at Plouse Machine Shop Inc. in HIGHSPIRE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with presses, except printing, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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