Pandrol

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pandrol in BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY
Employer Pandrol Report ID 2019088528
Address 501 Sharptown rd City, State ZIP BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY 08014
Event Date August 19, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Presses, except printing, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332216 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.76000, -75.36000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a press and proceeded to clean the press. When he removed the bar from the press, the machine activated and pulled his hand into the tooling, cutting his left index finger and resulting in an amputation.

Incident Summary

On August 19, 2019, a worker at Pandrol in BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with presses, except printing, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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