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Twin Marquis, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Twin Marquis, Inc. in BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Employer Twin Marquis, Inc. Report ID 2019033157
Address 7 Bushwick Place City, State ZIP BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11206
Event Date March 26, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311824 Inspection # 1389141
GPS Coordinates 40.70000, -73.93000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine when a package bag became misaligned in the machine. As he tried to fix the position of the bag, his left hand was caught by the sealer/cutter of the machine, resulting in the amputation of three fingertips.

Incident Summary

On March 26, 2019, a worker at Twin Marquis, Inc. in BROOKLYN, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, 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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