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American Showa

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SUNBURY, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at American Showa in SUNBURY, OHIO
Employer American Showa Report ID 20191010354
Address 707 West Cherry Street City, State ZIP SUNBURY, OHIO 43074
Event Date October 3, 2019 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 Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 336399 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.25000, -82.87000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on an oil fill machine. He removed the washer and the slide released its stored energy. The slide piece then pinned his fingertip against the front metal slide, resulting in an amputation to the palm side of his right index finger just below the nail bed.

Incident Summary

On October 3, 2019, a worker at American Showa in SUNBURY, OHIO 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 special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was 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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