Yazoo Mills, Incorporated
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NEW OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | Yazoo Mills, Incorporated | Report ID | 2019055339 |
| Address | 305 Commerce Street | City, State ZIP | NEW OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA 17350 |
| Event Date | May 28, 2019 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Paper production machinery, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 322214 | Inspection # | 1405910 |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.86000, -77.05000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was operating a re-cutter machine and turned it off to remove a piece of trim from the mandrel. The machine was not fully stopped before he began to remove the trim and the moving parts contacted his left hand, resulting in a partial left index finger amputation.
Incident Summary
On May 28, 2019, a worker at Yazoo Mills, Incorporated in NEW OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with paper production machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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